Benjy

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

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1951 · 10 min · Documentary · TMDB 6.2/10

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.

Directed by Fred Zinnemann

Cast

Lee Aaker — Benjy Miller
Neville Brand — Doctor
Helen Brown — Medical Social Worker
Henry Fonda — Narrator (voice)
Louis Lettieri — Dickie