The Feminine Touch (1956) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 19, 1956

Original Title:
The Feminine Touch

Alternate Titles:
A Lamp Is Heavy
The Gentle Touch

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Ealing Studios
The Rank Organisation

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
GB: PG  SE: Pg 

Runtime: 91

The public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses in the National Health service during the 1950's.

Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.

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Art Direction:
Edward Carrick

Assistant Director:
David Middlemas

Associate Producer:
Jack Rix

Camera Operator:
Hugh Wilson

Camera Technician:
George Minassian

Conductor:
Dock Mathieson

Continuity:
Jean Graham

Costume Designer:
Anthony Mendleson

Director:
Pat Jackson

Director of Photography:
Paul Beeson

Editor:
Peter Bezencenet

Hairstylist:
Daphne Martin

Makeup Artist:
Harry Frampton

Novel:
Sheila Mackay Russell

Original Music Composer:
Clifton Parker

Producer:
Michael Balcon

Production Supervisor:
Hal Mason

Scenic Artist:
W. Simpson Robinson

Sound Editor:
Alastair McIntyre

Sound Recordist:
Charles Poulton

Sound Supervisor:
Stephen Dalby

Still Photographer:
Roy Gough

Technical Advisor:
Bridget Wall

Unit Production Manager:
Norman Priggen

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