The Lady with a Lamp
1951-09-22 | 110 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Anna NeagleFlorence Nightingale
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Michael WildingSidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea)
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Gladys YoungMrs. Bracebridge
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Felix AylmerLord Palmerston
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Edwin StylesMr. Nightingale
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Helen ShinglerParthenope Nightingale
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Rosalie CrutchleyMrs. Sidney Herbert
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Mary MackenzieNurse Johnson
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Henry EdwardsHoward Russell
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Helena PickardQueen Victoria
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Arthur YoungRt. Hon. William Gladstone
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Peter GravesPrince Albert
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Sybil ThorndikeMiss Bosanquet
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Barbara CouperMrs. Nightingale