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The Lady with a Lamp
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Title: The Lady with a Lamp

Release Date: 22 Sep 1951

Runtime: 1h 50m

Genre: Drama

Director: Herbert Wilcox Productions

Production Companies: Herbert Wilcox Productions

Overview: Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.

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Average Vote: 6.1 (6 votes)

Cast

  • Florence Nightingale: Anna Neagle
  • Sidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea): Michael Wilding
  • Mrs. Bracebridge: Gladys Young
  • Lord Palmerston: Felix Aylmer
  • Mr. Bracebridge: Julian D'Albie
  • Mr. Nightingale: Edwin Styles
  • Parthenope Nightingale: Helen Shingler
  • Mrs. Sidney Herbert: Rosalie Crutchley
  • Sister Wheeler: Maureen Pryor
  • Nurse Johnson: Mary Mackenzie
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