Sister Kenny

Sister Kenny
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Directed by	Dudley Nichols Jack Gage (dialogue director)
Screenplay by	Dudley Nichols Alexander Knox Mary McCarthy
Based on	And They Shall Walk 1943 book by Elizabeth Kenny Martha Ostenso
Produced by	Dudley Nichols
Starring	Rosalind Russell Alexander Knox Dean Jagger
Cinematography	George Barnes
Edited by	Roland Gross
Music by	Alexander Tansman
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	September 29, 1946 (1946-09-29) (Premiere-New York City)[1] October 10, 1946 (1946-10-10) (U.S.)[1]
Running time	116 min
Language	English

Sister Kenny is a 1946 American biographical film about Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian bush nurse, who fought to help people who suffered from polio, despite opposition from the medical establishment. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, and Philip Merivale.

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