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Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) - Directed by Herbert Wilcox, produced by Merrill G. White, Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Edna May Oliver, George Sanders, May Robson, Zasu Pitts, H.B. Warner, Sophie Stewart, Mary Howard,and more...
Edith Cavell (born December 4, 1865, Swardeston, Norfolk, England—died October 12, 1915, Brussels, Belgium) was an English nurse who became a popular heroine of World War I and was executed for assisting Allied soldiers in escaping from German-occupied Belgium. Cavell entered the nursing profession in 1895 and in 1907 was appointed the first ...
British nurse Edith Cavell (Anna Neagle) is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners ...
Watch Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) free starring Anna Neagle, Edna May Oliver, George Sanders and directed by Herbert Wilcox.
Summary. At Christmas, 1913, the two Rappard boys and their grandmother (May Robson) bring a cake to the Brussels nursing home where the English matron, Edith Cavell (Anna Neagle), is caring for their dying mother and many small children. The prayer is for peace, but in a few short months war has spread over Europe and the oldest boy is sent to ...
The World War Story That Shocked The World! British nurse Edith Cavell, is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former p...
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The British Anglican nurse Edith Cavell deserve a lot more and then she has received in history. Two movies have been made about her life, a silent film and this British film made by RKO directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring his beautiful wife, Anna Neagle, probably the most popular British actress of the 1930's.
