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.
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
- Joseph Mell as Psychologist
- Frances Morris as Hospital Clerk
- Marilee Phelps as Mrs. Miller
- Adam Williams as Mr. Miller