The Lady with a Lamp (1951)

6.6/10 • 110 min • 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.

Cast

Anna Neagle

Florence Nightingale

Michael Wilding

Sidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea)

Gladys Young

Mrs. Bracebridge

Felix Aylmer

Lord Palmerston

Edwin Styles

Mr. Nightingale

Helen Shingler

Parthenope Nightingale

Rosalie Crutchley

Mrs. Sidney Herbert

Mary Mackenzie

Nurse Johnson

Henry Edwards

Howard Russell

Andrew Osborn

Dr. Sutherland

Helena Pickard

Queen Victoria

Arthur Young

Rt. Hon. William Gladstone

Peter Graves

Prince Albert

Sybil Thorndike

Miss Bosanquet

Barbara Couper

Mrs. Nightingale

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