The Feminine Touch (1956 film)
| The Feminine Touch | |
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| Directed by | Pat Jackson |
| Screenplay by | Iain MacCormick |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon, Jack Rix |
| Starring | George Baker Belinda Lee Delphi Lawrence |
| Cinematography | Paul Beeson |
| Edited by | Peter Bezencenet |
| Music by | Clifton Parker |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Feminine Touch is a 1956 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring George Baker, Belinda Lee and Delphi Lawrence. The film is based on the bestselling novel A Lamp Is Heavy by Canadian former nurse Sheila Mackay Russell,[1] and consequently it was released as A Lamp Is Heavy in Canada, while it was given the title The Gentle Touch in the United States, when it was released there in December 1957.[2]
Plot
The film follows 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.
Main cast
- George Baker – Dr Jim Alcott
- Belinda Lee – Susan Richards
- Delphi Lawrence – Pat Martin
- Adrienne Corri – Maureen O'Brien
- Henryetta Edwards – Ann Bowland
- Barbara Archer – Liz Jenkins
- Diana Wynyard – Matron
- Joan Haythorne – Home Sister
- Beatrice Varley – Sister Snow
- Constance Fraser – Assistant Matron
- Vivienne Drummond – Second-Year Nurse
- Christopher Rhodes – Dr Ted Russell
- Richard Leech – Casualty doctor
- Newton Blick – Porter
- Dandy Nichols – Skivvy
- Mark Daly – Gardener
- Mandy Miller – Jessie
- Dorothy Alison – The suicide
- Joss Ambler – Mr Bateman
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References
- ^ Sanderson, Kay (1999). 200 Remarkable Alberta Women. Calgary: Famous Five Foundation. p. 99.
- ^ IMDb: The Feminine Touch – release info Linked 2015-05-15
External links
- Template:BFI Explore
- The Feminine Touch at the British Board of Film Classification
- The Feminine Touch at IMDb
- Dr Keith M Johnston, 4 November 2011: The Feminine Touch (1956) – film review from a hospital staffer perspective
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