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Director:
Dudley Nichols
Writers:
Elizabeth Kenny (book)
Alexander Knox (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 October 1946 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
A woman made for love . . . but whose service to humanity became her destiny!
Plot:
Elizabeth Kenny, as a young nurse out in the Australian bush discovers an effective treatment for polio... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
User Comments:
And intriguing, if quirky film more (7 total)

Cast

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Rosalind Russell ... Sister Elizabeth Kenny
Alexander Knox ... Dr. Aeneas McDonnell
Dean Jagger ... Kevin Connors
Philip Merivale ... Dr. Brack
Beulah Bondi ... Mary Kenny
Charles Dingle ... Michael Kenny
John Litel ... Medical Director
Doreen McCann ... Dorrie McIntyre
Fay Helm ... Mrs. McIntyre
Charles Kemper ... Mr. McIntyre
Dorothy Peterson ... Agnes
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Runtime:
116 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Approved (certificate #11315)
Filming Locations:
RKO Studios - 780 Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
RKO Radio Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: Whilst addressing a forum of doctors, Sister Kenny is asked whether she remembers the final paragraph of the oath she took to become a registered nurse, and she recounts that paragraph. The real Sister Kenny received no formal nursing training and was not a registered nurse. She enlisted as a nurse in the army in WW1 backed by a letter from a doctor stating she had experience working in a bush hospital and was given the title Sister by the army. more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
And intriguing, if quirky film, 24 January 2007
7/10
Author: Laura Seabrook from Australia

I like this film, but it's hard to believe that it's set in Australia.

It has a strange idea of what Australia was like in the early 20th century. A bush dance is filled with Scots and Irish folk, and the music is bagpipes?! The accents are mostly British with the exception of the title role, which is played by Rosalind Russell, who has a distinctly American accent. Place names are mispronounced (like "Bris-bane" instead of "Bris-ban" for Brisbane).

And yet, there's a charm to this film. The real Elizabeth Kenny was an outsider who used unorthodox techniques and terminology to treat polio. It didn't cure the condition, but alleviated the symptoms. In the film she resolutely persists in practicing this and opposing the medical establishment, at a cost of her personal life.

Well worth watching.

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