The Lady with a Lamp

1h 50min

Drama

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

Anna Neagle

Florence Nightingale
Michael Wilding

Michael Wilding

Sidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea)
Gladys Young

Gladys Young

Mrs. Bracebridge
Felix Aylmer

Felix Aylmer

Lord Palmerston
Julian D'Albie

Julian D'Albie

Mr. Bracebridge
Edwin Styles

Edwin Styles

Mr. Nightingale
Helen Shingler

Helen Shingler

Parthenope Nightingale
Rosalie Crutchley

Rosalie Crutchley

Mrs. Sidney Herbert
Maureen Pryor

Maureen Pryor

Sister Wheeler
Mary Mackenzie

Mary Mackenzie

Nurse Johnson
Henry Edwards

Henry Edwards

Howard Russell
Andrew Osborn

Andrew Osborn

Dr. Sutherland
Clement McCallin

Clement McCallin

Richard M. Milnes
Helena Pickard

Helena Pickard

Queen Victoria
Arthur Young

Arthur Young

Rt. Hon. William Gladstone
Peter Graves

Peter Graves

Prince Albert
Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike

Miss Bosanquet
Monckton Hoffe

Monckton Hoffe

Lord Stratford
Cecil Trouncer

Cecil Trouncer

Sir Douglass Dawson
Barbara Couper

Barbara Couper

Mrs. Nightingale
Nigel Stock

Nigel Stock

George Winch
Madge Brindley

Madge Brindley

Woman in Downing St. Crowd
Michael Craig

Michael Craig

Wounded Soldier

Release date

22nd Sep 1951

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English