The Feminine Touch

6.0
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 91 min
  • Premiere: 1956. June 19.

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.

Discover

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

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

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)

Art

Edward Carrick

Art Direction

Camera

Paul Beeson

Director of Photography

Hugh Wilson

Camera Operator

George Minassian

Camera Technician

Roy Gough

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Designer

Harry Frampton

Makeup Artist

Daphne Martin

Hairstylist

Crew

W. Simpson Robinson

Scenic Artist

Bridget Wall

Technical Advisor

Directing

Pat Jackson

Director

David Middlemas

Assistant Director

Jean Graham

Continuity

Editing

Production

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

Norman Priggen

Unit Production Manager

Jack Rix

Associate Producer

Michael Balcon

Producer

Sound

Stephen Dalby

Sound Supervisor

Charles Poulton

Sound Recordist

Alastair McIntyre

Sound Editor

Clifton Parker

Original Music Composer

Dock Mathieson

Conductor

Writing

Art

Edward Carrick

Art Direction

Camera

Paul Beeson

Director of Photography

Hugh Wilson

Camera Operator

George Minassian

Camera Technician

Roy Gough

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Designer

Harry Frampton

Makeup Artist

Daphne Martin

Hairstylist

Crew

W. Simpson Robinson

Scenic Artist

Bridget Wall

Technical Advisor

Directing

Pat Jackson

Director

David Middlemas

Assistant Director

Jean Graham

Continuity

Editing

Production

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

Norman Priggen

Unit Production Manager

Jack Rix

Associate Producer

Michael Balcon

Producer

Sound

Stephen Dalby

Sound Supervisor

Charles Poulton

Sound Recordist

Alastair McIntyre

Sound Editor

Clifton Parker

Original Music Composer

Dock Mathieson

Conductor

Writing