Glory Enough for All is a 1988 Canadian television movie directed by Eric Till and written by Grahame Woods, depicting the discovery and isolation of insulin by Frederick Banting and Charles Best. It was the winner of nine 1989 Gemini Awards. The film stars R. H. Thomson as Banting, and Robert Wisden as Best. It is based on the books The Discovery of Insulin and Banting: A Biography by historian Michael Bliss.
It was aired in November 1989 in the United States in two parts as part of the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre and introduced by Alistair Cooke.
Plot synopsis
The movie focuses on Banting and Best and their isolation of insulin at the University of Toronto for which Banting received the 1923 Nobel Prize along with John Macleod. A parallel story is told of Elizabeth Hughes, a young girl with diabetes.
Cast
R. H. Thomson as Frederick Banting
Robert Wisden as Charles Best
Michael Zelniker as James Collip
John Woodvine as John Macleod
Martha Henry as Antoinette Hughes
Kate Trotter as Edith Roach
Leah Pinsent as Margaret Mahon
Rachel Blanchard as Melanie
Seana McKenna as Jessica Collip
Gerard Parkes as Duncan Graham
Heather Hess as Elizabeth Hughes
Reception
The movie was the winner of nine 1989 Gemini Awards including Best Dramatic Mini-Series, Best Performance by a Lead Actor, Best Performance by a Lead Actress, Best Writing, Best Photography, and Best Musical Score among others.