
The Lady with a Lamp
Drama
6.1 / 10
September 22, 1951
1h 50m
Director: Herbert Wilcox
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
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

Henry Edwards
Howard Russell

Andrew Osborn
Dr. Sutherland