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Directed by | Herbert Wilcox |
Written by | Warren Chetham Strode |
Based on | The Lady with a Lamp by Reginald Berkeley |
Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
Starring | Anna Neagle Michael Wilding Felix Aylmer |
Cinematography | Max Greene |
Edited by | Bill Lewthwaite |
Music by | Anthony Collins |
Color process | Black and white |
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Distributed by | British Lion Films |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £151,091 (UK)[1] |
The Lady with a Lamp is a 1951 British historical drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding and Felix Aylmer.[2] The film depicts the life of Florence Nightingale and her work with wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War. It was shot at Shepperton Studios outside London. Location shooting took place at Cole Green railway station in Hertfordshire and at Lea Hurst, the Nightingale family home, near Matlock in Derbyshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director William C. Andrews. It is based on the 1929 play The Lady with a Lamp by Reginald Berkeley.