Benjy

Name: Benjy
Cast: Lee Aaker, Neville Brand, Helen Brown, Henry Fonda, Louis Lettieri

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Fred ZinnemannWriter: Stewart Stern

Lee Aaker

as Benjy Miller

Neville Brand

as Doctor

Helen Brown

as Medical Social Worker

Henry Fonda

as Narrator (voice)

Louis Lettieri

as Dickie

Joseph Mell

as Psychologist

Frances Morris

as Hospital Clerk

Marilee Phelps

as Mrs. Miller

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