The Quest (1958 film)

The Quest is a 1958 Canadian short drama film, directed by Stanley Jackson for the National Film Board of Canada.^[1]

The Quest
Directed by	Stanley Jackson
Written by	Leslie McFarlane
Produced by	Nicholas Balla Stanley Jackson
Starring	Leo Ciceri Dennis Stanway Norman Ettlinger
Cinematography	Reginald H. Morris
Edited by	Robert Russell Bernard Bordeleau (sound)
Music by	Eldon Rathburn
Production company	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	1958 (1958)
Running time	38:13 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The film is a re-enactment of the critical year in the life of Dr. Frederick Banting, during which he discovered insulin. It dramatizes the odds against which he and his assistant, Charles Best, worked, the skepticism of other doctors at the University of Toronto, and the final victory which gave countless diabetics a new hope of health.

The Quest was one of three co-winners, alongside The Tall Country and Money Minters, of the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 11th Canadian Film Awards in 1959.^[2] It also won the Diploma of Merit at the Film Concourse at HYPSA Health & Sports Exhibition in Bern.