Leo Beuerman

• Movies
• 1969-10-01
• EN
• Released
• 0h 13m
• US
• Documentary

• 7.2
• 4

Production

Centron Corporation

Storyline

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.