The Feminine Touch

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

The Feminine Touch — Plot

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.

• Release date
• June 19, 1956
• Runtime
• 91 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Pat Jackson

The Feminine Touch — Cast

George Baker Dr Jim Alcott Belinda Lee Nurse Susan Richards Delphi Lawrence Nurse Pat Martin Adrienne Corri Nurse Maureen O'Brien Mandy Miller Young patient Jessie Henryetta Edwards Nurse Bowland Barbara Archer Nurse Jenkins Christopher Rhodes Doctor