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Status
Released
Release
2016
Runtime
1h 6m
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"The greatest scientist of the 20th century and no one knows his name."
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.
17 Cast Members
Maurice Hilleman
Self
Anthony Fauci
Self
Morgan Spector
Narrator
Baruch Blumberg
Self
Joseph Flatley
Self
Louis Galambos
Self
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