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Benjy

70% | Jan 01, 1951 | Documentary

Benjy is a 1951 American short documentary film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It won an Oscar in 1952 for Documentary Short Subject. Henry Fonda narrates this short film about a boy who was handicapped from birth. An orthopedic pediatrician wants to provide a therapeutic regimen that could cure the child, a scoliosis patient, but first he needs to convince the boy's parents, who have rejected the child because of his disabilities.

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Stewart Stern
Writer
Fred Zinnemann
Director

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Lee Aaker
Benjy Miller
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Helen Brown
Medical Social Worker
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Henry Fonda
Narrator (voice)

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