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Saturday Cinema: The Feminine Touch

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring George Baker, Belinda Lee, Delphi Lawrence, Adrienne Corri, Diana Wynyard
Five very different young women arrive at St Augustine's Hospital to take up a nursing career. But their romantic image of their chosen profession soon comes into conflict with the harsh and demanding reality of hospital life...
Films: page 19

Contributors

Based on the novel "A Lamp is Heavy":
Sheila MacKay Russell
Producer:
Michael Balcon
Director:
Pat Jackson
Jim:
George Baker
Susan:
Belinda Lee
Pat:
Delphi Lawrence
Maureen:
Adrienne Corri
Anne:
Henryetta Edwards
Liz:
Barbara Archer
Matron:
Diana Wynyard
Home Sister:
Joan Haythorne
Sister Snow:
Beatrice Varley
Theatre Sister:
Joan Carol
Assistant Matron:
Constance Fraser
Second-year nurse:
Vivienne Drummond
Ted Russell:
Christopher Rhodes
Casualty doctor:
Richard Leech
Lofty:
Newton Blick
Skivvy:
Dandy Nichols
Source: Radio Times

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