

Breakthrough
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2022-05-19 • 1h 30m
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.
- Directors
- Bill Haney
- Editors
- Peter Rhodes

Breakthrough
Visit website2022-05-19 • 1h 30m
7.0/10 • 1
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.
- Directors
- Bill Haney
- Editors
- Peter Rhodes
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsWoody Harrelson
Narrator (voice)
Jim Allison
Self
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
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