Glory Enough for All: The Discovery of Insulin Movie Review 1992

The drama behind the discovery of insulin in the 1920s focuses on the research of four men, sometimes not-so-friendly rivals, searching for a treatment for diabetes mellitus. Dr. Frederick Banting and science student Charles Best are granted permission by James Macleod, a Professor of Physiology at the University of Toronto, to conduct experiments on the pancreas. Macleod then assigns biochemist James Collip to assist them on developing a viable serum, an extract named insulin. Banting and Macleod were awarded the Nobel prize in 1923 for their discovery (though Banting felt Macleod was undeserving). Adapted from "The Discovery of Insulin" by Michael Bliss.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 196 minutes.
Originally from Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Doctors & Nurses, True Stories, Disease of the Week, Science & Scientists

Screenplay

Grahame Woods

Cast

R.H. Thomson, Robert Wisden, John Woodvine, Michael Zelniker, Martha Henry, Heather Hess

Director

Eric Till

Producer

Gordon Hinch, W. Patterson Ferns, Joseph Greens, David Elstein, CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), Thames Television, Gemstone, Primedia Productions