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The Gentle Touch

Original title: The Feminine Touch
  • 1956
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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The Gentle Touch (1956)
The public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses in the National Health service during the 1950's.
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The public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses in the National Health service during the 1950's.The public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses in the National Health service during the 1950's.The public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses in the National Health service during the 1950's.

  • Director
    • Pat Jackson
  • Writers
    • Sheila Mackay Russell
    • Iain MacCormick
  • Stars
    • George Baker
    • Belinda Lee
    • Delphi Lawrence
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    118
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    • Director
      • Pat Jackson
    • Writers
      • Sheila Mackay Russell
      • Iain MacCormick
    • Stars
      • George Baker
      • Belinda Lee
      • Delphi Lawrence
    • 6User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    George Baker
    George Baker
    • Jim
    Belinda Lee
    Belinda Lee
    • Susan
    Delphi Lawrence
    Delphi Lawrence
    • Pat
    Adrienne Corri
    Adrienne Corri
    • Maureen
    Henryetta Edwards
    • Anne
    Barbara Archer
    • Liz
    Diana Wynyard
    Diana Wynyard
    • The Matron
    Joan Haythorne
    Joan Haythorne
    • Home Sister
    Beatrice Varley
    Beatrice Varley
    • Sister Snow
    Joan Carol
    • Theatre Sister
    Constance Fraser
    • Assistant Matron
    Vivienne Drummond
    • Second-year Nurse
    Christopher Rhodes
    • Ted Robinson
    Richard Leech
    Richard Leech
    • Casualty Doctor
    Newton Blick
    • Lofty
    Dandy Nichols
    Dandy Nichols
    • The Ward Maid
    Charles Lamb
    • Jenkins
    Mandy Miller
    • Jessie
    • (as Mandy)
    • Director
      • Pat Jackson
    • Writers
      • Sheila Mackay Russell
      • Iain MacCormick(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Final film of Molly Hamley-Clifford.
    • Quotes

      Susan: Oh yes - let the nurses do it! They're expendable. They haven't any union, just a vocation, that's all. Oh what fools, the lot of us!

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: ST. AUGUSTINE'S HOSPITAL
    • Soundtracks
      Night Club Music
      (uncredited)

      Music by Una Bart

    User reviews6

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    5/10
    A rather conventional melodrama.
    There's nothing out of place in The Feminine Touch, a by the numbers melodrama that tells the story of a group of student nurses as they make their way through school. The acting is fine, the direction competent and the story sufficiently interesting to hold the viewers attention. Add it up and you have a watchable movie, but really, not much more than that. Clichéd characters and situations are a major liability in this film. There's doe eyed Susan (Belinda Lee),the cynical world weary Pat (Adrienne Cory) and the handsome Dr Alcott (George Baker)all delivering flat, colourless dialogue in you've seen it all before situations. The film looks great in Technicolor and the pacing is good, but you get the sense that it could have been much better.
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    • Nov 29, 2010

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    • Release date
      • June 20, 1956 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Engel des Alltags
    • Filming locations
      • Guy's Hospital, Southwark, London, England, UK(St. Augustine's Hospital)
    • Production companies
      • The Rank Organisation
      • Ealing Studios
      • Michael Balcon Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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