The Lady with a Lamp
The Lady with a Lamp

The Lady with a Lamp

1951·1h 50m
6.6/ 10 (7 votes)
Drama

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.

Director

Herbert Wilcox

Writers

Warren Chetham-Strode

Cast

Anna Neagle

Anna Neagle

Florence Nightingale

Michael Wilding

Michael Wilding

Sidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea)

Gladys Young

Gladys Young

Mrs. Bracebridge

Felix Aylmer

Felix Aylmer

Lord Palmerston

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Julian D'Albie

Mr. Bracebridge

Edwin Styles

Edwin Styles

Mr. Nightingale

Helen Shingler

Helen Shingler

Parthenope Nightingale

Rosalie Crutchley

Rosalie Crutchley

Mrs. Sidney Herbert

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Maureen Pryor

Sister Wheeler

Mary Mackenzie

Mary Mackenzie

Nurse Johnson

Details

Language

en

Status

Released