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The Lady with a Lamp (1951)

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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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Cast & Crew

Director
Herbert Wilcox
  • Profile picture of Anna Neagle
    Florence Nightingale Anna Neagle
  • Profile picture of Michael Wilding
    Sidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea) Michael Wilding
  • Profile picture of Gladys Young
    Mrs. Bracebridge Gladys Young
  • Profile picture of Felix Aylmer
    Lord Palmerston Felix Aylmer
  • Profile picture of Edwin Styles
    Mr. Nightingale Edwin Styles
  • Profile picture of Helen Shingler
    Parthenope Nightingale Helen Shingler
  • Profile picture of Rosalie Crutchley
    Mrs. Sidney Herbert Rosalie Crutchley
  • Profile picture of Mary Mackenzie
    Nurse Johnson Mary Mackenzie

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