Breakthrough

1h 30m
Documentary
6.9

Breakthrough tells the story of a renegade scientist’s quest to find a cure for cancer, the disease that killed his mother. Texan Jim Allison is a 2018 Nobel Prize winner for discovering how to prompt a cancer patient’s own immune system into defeating their disease, but for decades he waged an often-lonely struggle against the painful skepticism of the medical establishment.

Cast

Woody Harrelson
Narrator (voice)
Jim Allison
Self

Crew

Bill Haney
Director, Screenplay
Peter Rhodes
Editor
Graham Talbot
Cinematography
Nelson Talbot
Cinematography
Jennifer Pearce
Producer

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