The Lady with a Lamp
(1951)
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.
Herbert Wilcox
Director
Top Billed Cast
Anna Neagle
Florence Nightingale
Michael Wilding
Sidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea)
Gladys Young
Mrs. Bracebridge
Felix Aylmer
Lord Palmerston
Julian D'Albie
Mr. Bracebridge
Edwin Styles
Mr. Nightingale
Helen Shingler
Parthenope Nightingale
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs. Sidney Herbert
Maureen Pryor
Sister Wheeler
Mary Mackenzie
Nurse Johnson
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