The Feminine Touch

Pat Jackson
1956-06-19

The public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses in the National Health service during the 1950's.
6
91 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
George Baker Dr Jim Alcott Unowned
Belinda Lee Nurse Susan Richards Unowned
Delphi Lawrence Nurse Pat Martin Unowned
Adrienne Corri Nurse Maureen O'Brien Unowned
Mandy Miller Young patient Jessie Unowned
Diana Wynard Matron Unowned
Henryetta Edwards Nurse Bowland Unowned
Barbara Archer Nurse Jenkins Unowned
Christopher Rhodes Doctor Unowned
Beatrice Varley Sister Snow Unowned
Dandy Nichols Kitchen-hand Unowned
Joan Haythorne Home Sister Unowned
Joan Carol Theatre Sister Unowned
Constance Fraser Assistant Matron Unowned
Vivienne Drummond Second-year Nurse Unowned
Richard Leech Casualty Doctor Unowned
Newton Blick Lofty Unowned
Charles Lamb Jenkins Unowned
Dorothy Alison The Suicide Unowned
Joss Ambler Bateman Unowned
Olwen Brookes Other Sister Unowned
Barbara Leake Other Sister Unowned
Iris Russell Other Sister Unowned
Sylvia Bidmead Other Trainee Nurse Unowned
Shirley Lawrence Other Trainee Nurse Unowned
Sally Pierce Other Trainee Nurse Unowned
Rosamund Waring Other Trainee Nurse Unowned
Madge Brindley Other Patient Unowned
Hélène Burls Other Patient Unowned
Margaret Halstan Other Patient Unowned
Molly Hamley-Clifford Other Patient Unowned
Mark Daly Gardener (uncredited) Unowned