TMDb Rating
6.9/10
8 verified votes
Breakthrough (2019)
Documentary
90 min
Plot Summary
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.
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DocumentaryBill HaneyWoody HarrelsonJim Allison2019
Director
Bill Haney
Top Cast
Woody HarrelsonJim Allison
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