No Time for Tears (1957)
The interwoven dramas of staff and patients in Mayfield Children's Hospital, where the doctors and nurses are in the business of restoring children's lives. One small child risks losing his sight, while twin boys fool the doctors over which one has appendicitis. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, new nurse Margaret Collier suffers pangs of unrequited love for houseman Dr. Nigel Barnes.
Director: Cyril Frankel
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Anna Neagle as Matron Eleanor Hammond |
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George Baker as Dr. Nigel Barnes |
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Sylvia Syms as Nurse Margaret Collier |
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Anthony Quayle as Dr. Graham Seagrave |
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Flora Robson as Sister Birch |
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Daphne Anderson as Dr. Marian Cornish |
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Sophie Stewart as Sister Willis |
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Patricia Marmont as Sister Davies |
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Rosalie Crutchley as Theater Sister |
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Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Harris |
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Joan Sims as Sister O'Malley |
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Victor Brooks as Mr. Harris |
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Jessica Cairns as Lawrie |
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Adrienne Posta as Cathy Harris |
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Cyril Chamberlain as Hall Porter |
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Carla Challoner as Jenny |
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Joan Hickson as Sister Duckworth |
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Michael Hordern as Surgeon |
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Christopher Witty as George Harris |
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Richard O'Sullivan as William |
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Christopher Frost as Peter |
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Viola Keats as Mrs. McKenna |
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Marjorie Rhodes as Ethel |
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Alan White as Dr. Hugh Storey |
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Lesley Scoble as |
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Lucille Mapp as Maya |
| Directing | Cyril Frankel | Director |
| Writing | Anne Burnaby | Writer |
| Production | Christopher Sutton | Production Manager |
| Camera | Norman Warwick | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harold Fletcher | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Gordon Pilkington | Editor |
| Sound | Arthur Southgate | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Louis Levy | Music Director |
| Production | W.A. Whittaker | Producer |
| Art | Robert Jones | Art Direction |
| Directing | Frederick Goode | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Len Shilton | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Robert Lennard | Casting Director |
| Directing | June Faithfull | Continuity |
| Camera | Gilbert Taylor | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Les Hammond | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Duse | Costume Design |
| Writing | Frederick Gotfurt | Story Editor |