
Documentary
Benjy
📅 Monday, 1 January 1951⏱️ 10m
🎬 Directed by Fred Zinnemann
★ 6.2
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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.
Cast & Crew

Lee Aaker
Benjy Miller

Neville Brand
Doctor

Helen Brown
Medical Social Worker

Henry Fonda
Narrator (voice)
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Louis Lettieri
Dickie

Joseph Mell
Psychologist

Frances Morris
Hospital Clerk
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Marilee Phelps
Mrs. Miller
🎬 Directed byFred Zinnemann
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