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No Time for Tears (film)
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Wikipedia article
'No Time for Tears' is a 1957 British drama film directed by Cyril Frankel in CinemaScope and Eastman Color and starring Anna Neagle, George Baker, Sylvia Syms and Anthony Quayle.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114112744/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44534 BFI.org] The staff at a children's hospital struggle with their workload.
Plot
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 (Sylvia Syms) suffers pangs of unrequited love for houseman Dr. Nigel Barnes (George Baker).
Cast
* Anna Neagle as Matron Eleanor Hammond
* George Baker as Doctor Nigel Barnes
* Sylvia Syms as Nurse Margaret Collier
* Anthony Quayle as Doctor Graham Seagrave
* Flora Robson as Sister Birch
* Alan White as Doctor Hugh Storey
* Daphne Anderson as Doctor Marian Cornish
* Sophie Stewart as Sister Willis
* Patricia Marmont as Sister Davies
* Rosalie Crutchley as Theatre Sister
* Victor Brooks as Mr. Harris
* Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Harris
* Jessica Cairns as Lawrie
* Carla Challoner as Jenny
* Cyril Chamberlain as Hall Porter
* Christopher Frost as Peter
* Joan Hickson as Sister Duckworth
* Michael Hordern as the Surgeon
* Viola Keats as Mrs. McKenna
* Linda Leo as Sick Child
* Jonathan Ley as Timmy Gardener
* Lucille Mapp as Maya
* Richard O'Sullivan as William Reynolds
* Gillian Owen as Night Nurse
* Loretta Parry as Jackie
* Adrienne Posta as Cathy Harris
* Christopher Witty as George Harris
* Marjorie Rhodes as Ethel
* George Rose as Dobbie
* Joan Sims as Sister O'Malley
* Hermione Harvey as Hospital Receptionist
Critical reception
'Sky Movies' gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote, "this is standard medical soap fare and could be mistaken for a bumper edition of 'Casualty'": while 'TV Guide' rated the film three out of four stars, and wrote, "Though the situations are clearly out of the movie medical bag, the ensemble manages to rise above clichs and stereotypes. Neagle carries the film as the head nurse, with good support from Syms as the new nurse on her staff".
References
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