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The Feminine Touch (1956)
Directed by Pat Jackson
“The public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses in the National Health service during the 1950's.”
Drama · 1h 31m
Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.
Cast
George Baker
Dr Jim Alcott
Belinda Lee
Nurse Susan Richards
Delphi Lawrence
Nurse Pat Martin
Adrienne Corri
Nurse Maureen O'Brien
Mandy Miller
Young patient Jessie
Henryetta Edwards
Nurse Bowland
Barbara Archer
Nurse Jenkins
Christopher Rhodes
Doctor
Beatrice Varley
Sister Snow
Dandy Nichols
Kitchen-hand
Crew
- Director
- Pat Jackson
- Novel
- Sheila Mackay Russell
- Director of Photography
- Paul Beeson
- Original Music Composer
- Clifton Parker
- Editor
- Peter Bezencenet
- Producer
- Michael Balcon
Details
- Release date
- 1956-06-19
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Ealing Studios, The Rank Organisation