The Feminine Touch (1956)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.151 |
Directed By
Pat Jackson
Crew
Pat Jackson
Hal Mason
Anthony Mendleson
Harry Frampton
Daphne Martin
W. Simpson Robinson
Stephen Dalby
Jack Rix
Bridget Wall
Jean Graham
Peter Bezencenet
Paul Beeson
Alastair McIntyre
Norman Priggen
Michael Balcon
Clifton Parker
Charles Poulton
Hugh Wilson
David Middlemas
Dock Mathieson
Edward Carrick
George Minassian
Roy Gough
TOP 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
Joan Haythorne
Home Sister
Joan Carol
Theatre Sister
Constance Fraser
Assistant Matron
Vivienne Drummond
Second-year Nurse
Richard Leech
Casualty Doctor
Newton Blick
Lofty
Charles Lamb
Jenkins
Dorothy Alison
The Suicide
Joss Ambler
Bateman
Olwen Brookes
Other Sister
Barbara Leake
Other Sister
Iris Russell
Other Sister
Sylvia Bidmead
Other Trainee Nurse
Shirley Lawrence
Other Trainee Nurse
Sally Pierce
Other Trainee Nurse
Rosamund Waring
Other Trainee Nurse
Madge Brindley
Other Patient
Hélène Burls
Other Patient
Margaret Halstan
Other Patient
Molly Hamley-Clifford
Other Patient
Mark Daly
Gardener (uncredited)
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