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Benjy
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6.2Benjy 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.
Released: 1951-01-0110 minDir: Fred ZinnemannDocumentary
Cast
- Lee Aaker as Benjy Miller
- Neville Brand as Doctor
- Helen Brown as Medical Social Worker
- Henry Fonda as Narrator (voice)
- Louis Lettieri as Dickie
- Joseph Mell as Psychologist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- short film
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
- Screenwriter
- Stewart Stern
- Cast member
- Henry Fonda
- Cinematographer
- John Peverell Marley
- Duration
- 31
- FilmAffinity ID
- 339216
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- publication date
- 1951-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- title
- Benjy
- color
- black-and-white
- film editor
- George Tomasini
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