Movie details

Benjy(1951)

Name: Benjy
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1951-01-01
Duration: 10 min
Rating: 6.167
Cast: Lee Aaker, Neville Brand, Helen Brown, Henry Fonda, Louis Lettieri

Documentary

Status: Released
Release date: 1951-01-01
Runtime: 10m
Rating: 6.2 / 10 (6 votes)
Original language: en
Certification: -
Budget: -
Revenue: -
Popularity: 2
Adult content: No

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Overview

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.