Benjy

Release Date: 1951-01-01

Overview: 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.

Rating: 6 / 10

Cast

Lee Aaker

as Benjy Miller

Neville Brand

as Doctor

Helen Brown

as Medical Social Worker

Henry Fonda

as Narrator (voice)

Louis Lettieri

as Dickie