Leo Beuerman (movie)
- User score: 7.3
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Gene Boomer
- Production companies: Centron Productions
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 10/1/1969
- Run time: 13 min.
Movie description
Leo Beuerman is a 1969 American short documentary film directed by Gene Boomer. It tells the story of Leo Beuerman (1902–1974), a diminutive, disabled man who sold pencils and became a fixture on the downtown sidewalks of Lawrence, Kansas in the 1950s and 1960s thanks to his determination. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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