The Feminine Touch (1956 film)
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Duration Language English | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Comedy Costume design Anthony Mendleson Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 27 March 1956 (1956-03-27) (UK) Based on A Lamp Is Heavy by Sheila Mackay Russell Writer Iain MacCormick, Sheila Mackay Russell (book) Cast Similar movies Patch Adams , The Men , Les Anneaux de Bicêtre , Wit , Infection , Johanna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, 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.
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.
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