Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime

Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime

8.6 | 2005-05-17 | Documentary

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. Was Hoxsey's recipe the work of a snake-oil charlatan or a legitimate treatment? Ken Ausubel directs this keen look into the forces that shape the policies of organized medicine.

Featured Crew

Kenny Ausubel Director
Alton Walpole Cinematography
David Brownlow Sound Director
Moctesuma Esparza Co-Producer
Robert Katz Co-Producer
Ernest T Shinagawa Editor

Cast

Peter Barry Chowka
Peter Barry Chowka
Interviewee / Journalist
Max Gail
Max Gail
Narrator

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