Watch The Lady with a Lamp (1951) Official Trailer
6.6 / 10 IMDb September 22, 1951 1h 50m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 50m
Release Date
September 22, 1951
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United Kingdom
Producers
Cast
Anna Neagle
as Florence Nightingale
Michael Wilding
as Sidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea)
Gladys Young
as Mrs. Bracebridge
Felix Aylmer
as Lord Palmerston
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Julian D'Albie
as Mr. Bracebridge
Edwin Styles
as Mr. Nightingale
Helen Shingler
as Parthenope Nightingale
Rosalie Crutchley
as Mrs. Sidney Herbert
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Maureen Pryor
as Sister Wheeler
Mary Mackenzie
as Nurse Johnson
Henry Edwards
as Howard Russell
Andrew Osborn
as Dr. Sutherland
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Clement McCallin
as Richard M. Milnes
Helena Pickard
as Queen Victoria
Arthur Young
as Rt. Hon. William Gladstone
Peter Graves
as Prince Albert
Sybil Thorndike
as Miss Bosanquet
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Monckton Hoffe
as Lord Stratford
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Cecil Trouncer
as Sir Douglass Dawson
Barbara Couper
as Mrs. Nightingale
Production Companies
Herbert Wilcox Productions
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