Sister Kenny

Sister Kenny is a 1946 biographical film which tells the life story of Sister Elizabeth Kenny[?], an Australian bush nurse, who fought to help people who suffered from polio, despite opposition from the medical establishment. It stars Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger[?], Philip Merivale[?] and Beulah Bondi[?].

The movie was adapted by Milton Gunzburg[?] (uncredited), Alexander Knox, Mary McCarthy[?] and Dudley Nichols[?] from the book And They Shall Walk, by Elizabeth Kenny and Martha Ostenso[?]. It was directed by Nichols.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Rosalind Russell).