Florence Nightingale (1985)
This is the fact-based story of an aristocratic woman who defies Victorian society to reform hospital sanitation and to define the nursing profession as it is known today. After volunteering to travel to Scutari to care for the wounded soldiers, who are victims of the Crimean war, she finds herself very unwelcome and faces great opposition for her new way of thinking. However through her selfless acts of caring, she quickly becomes known as 'The Lady with the Lamp', the caring nurse whose shadow soldiers kiss.
Director: Daryl Duke
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Jaclyn Smith as Florence Nightingale |
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Claire Bloom as Fanny Nightingale |
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Timothy Dalton as Richard Milnes |
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Timothy West as William Russell |
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Peter McEnery as Sidney Herbert |
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Stephan Chase as Dr. Sutherland |
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Jeremy Brett as William Nightingale |
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Jeremy Child as Dr. Hall |
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Brian Cox as Dr. McGregor |
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Lesley Dunlop as Joanne |
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Michael Elwyn as Dr. Menzies |
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Julian Fellowes as Charles Bracebrige |
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Richenda Carey as Committee Lady |
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Aimée Delamain as Older Committee Lady |
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Ann Thornton as Parthe Nightingale |
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Patrick Drury as Henry Nicholson |
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Lorna Heilbron as Selina |
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Wolf Kahler as Gunther |
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Richard Leech as Lord Ragland |
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Ellen Pollock as Lady Monteagle |
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Marjorie Yates as Trude |
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Geraldine Alexander as Marianne Nicholson |
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Denis Lill as Dr. Howe |
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Emma Vansittart as Elizabeth Herbert |
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Madeleine Christie as Mrs. Glover |
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Erin Geraghty as Iris |
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Andrea Evans as Mrs. Brent |
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Jacqueline Reddin as Mary Kennedy |
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Carol Gillies as Nurse Davis |
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Fanny Carby as Thin Lady |
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June Ellis as Mrs. Burbage |
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Peter Burton as 1st Member |
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John Quarmby as 4th Member |
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Stephen Churchett as Dr. Clark |
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Paul Williamson as Army Doctor |
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Patrick Murray as Young Soldier |
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Mark Jefferis as Young Soldier |
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Kenneth Waller as Hall Porter |
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Martin Phillips as Wounded Soldier |
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Tim Seeley as Officer |
| Directing | Daryl Duke | Director |
| Writing | Ivan Moffat | Teleplay |
| Writing | Rose Leiman Goldemberg | Teleplay |
| Production | Gerald W. Abrams | Executive Producer |
| Production | Anthony B. Richmond | Producer |
| Writing | Ivan Moffat | Story |
| Production | Jennifer Faulstich | Associate Producer |
| Art | Mark Nerini | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marit Allen | Costume Design |
| Art | Terry Parr | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Stanley Myers | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Rose Tobias Shaw | Casting |
| Art | Harry Pottle | Production Design |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Bill Lenny | Editor |
| Production | Nick Anderson | Production Executive |
| Production | Ron Carr | Producer |
| Sound | Robin Gregory | Sound Recordist |