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HILLEMAN – A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children

HILLEMAN – A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children

The greatest scientist of the 20th century and no one knows his name.

2016•1h 6m•8.0/10
Documentary

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8.0/10(1)

A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children tells the inspiring story of Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman, a man with a singular, unwavering focus — to eliminate the diseases of children. From his poverty-stricken youth on the plains of Montana, he came to prevent pandemic flu, develop the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, and invent the first-ever vaccine against human cancer.

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Medical History Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Maurice Hilleman

Self

Anthony Fauci

Anthony Fauci

Self

Morgan Spector

Morgan Spector

Narrator

Baruch Blumberg

Self

Joseph Flatley

Self

Louis Galambos

Self

Robert Gallo

Robert Gallo

Self

Lorraine Hilleman

Self

Jeryl Hilleman

Self

Kirsten Hilleman

Self

Menga Huffman

Self

Samuel L. Katz

Self

Adel Mahmoud

Self

Paul Offit

Self

David Oshinsky

Self

Stanley Plotkin

Self

P. Roy Vagelos

Self

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