Movie Description
The Gentle Sex
(1943)Overview
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries.
Featured Crew
- Director : Leslie Howard
- Producer : Leslie Howard,Derrick De Marney
- Writer : Moie Charles
- Editor : Charles Saunders
- Cast : Joan Gates,Jean Gillie,Joan Greenwood,Joyce Howard,Rosamund John,Lilli Palmer,Barbara Waring,John Justin,Elliott Mason,Tony Bazell,Frederick Leister,Everley Gregg,John Laurie,Mary Jerrold,Meriel Forbes,Noreen Craven,Miles Malleson,Jimmy Hanley,Frederick Peisley,Ronald Shiner,Harry Welchman,Rosalyn Boulter,Leslie Howard,Grace Arnold,Frank Atkinson,Claude Bailey,Hyma Beckley,Peter Cotes,Amy Dalby,Richard George,Jack May,Roland Pertwee,Johnnie Schofield,Nicholas Stuart
Cast
Gwen Hayden
Jean Gillie
Betty Miller
Anne Lawrence
Maggie Fraser
Erna Debruski
Joan Simpson
Flying Officer David Sheridan
Mrs. Fraser
Ted
Colonel Lawrence
Miss Simpson
Scots Corporal
Mrs. Sheridan
Junior Commander Davis
Convoy Sergeant
Tran Guard
1st Soldier
2nd Soldier
Racegoer
Captain Ferrier
Telephonist
Narrator (voice)
Restaurant Attendant (uncredited)
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Man at Railway Station (uncredited)
Taffy (uncredited)
Lady Behind the Bar at the Dance (uncredited)
Naval Officer (uncredited)
Postman (uncredited)
Captain (uncredited)
Sgt. in Dance Cafe (uncredited)
British Officer (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Gentle Sex
Status Released
Release Information
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1943-05-23
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 32m
Production CompaniesDerrick De Marney Productions,Two Cities Films,Concanen Productions,J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
- War
