The Feminine Touch
The public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses in the National Health service during the 1950's.
1956 · 1h 31m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Pat Jackson
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.
Director and cast
- Pat Jackson Director
- George Baker as Dr Jim Alcott
- Belinda Lee as Nurse Susan Richards
- Delphi Lawrence as Nurse Pat Martin
- Adrienne Corri as Nurse Maureen O'Brien
- Mandy Miller as Young patient Jessie
- Henryetta Edwards as Nurse Bowland
- Barbara Archer as Nurse Jenkins
- Christopher Rhodes as Doctor
- Beatrice Varley as Sister Snow
- Dandy Nichols Cast
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