- Documentary
- 66 min
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.
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- Maurice HillemanSelf
- Anthony FauciSelf
- Morgan SpectorNarrator
- Baruch BlumbergSelf
- Joseph FlatleySelf
- Louis GalambosSelf
- Robert GalloSelf
- Lorraine HillemanSelf
- Jeryl HillemanSelf
- Kirsten HillemanSelf
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- Donald Rayne MitchellDirector
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