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Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime
Documentary

HOXSEY: WHEN HEALING BECOMES A CRIME

"Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime"

20051h 23m8.0 TMDb

Directed by Kenny Ausubel

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In the 1920s, former coal miner Harry Hoxsey claimed to have an herbal cure for cancer. Although scoffed at and ultimately banned by the medical establishment, by the 1950s, Hoxsey's formula had been used to treat thousands of patients, who testified to its efficacy.

Cast

Peter Barry Chowka

Peter Barry Chowka

Interviewee / Journalist

Max Gail

Max Gail

Narrator

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Suspense5
Emotion5.4
Complexity6.7
Humor5.3
Realism8.2
Action5
Darkness5

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