No Time for Tears (1957)
Director: Cyril Frankel
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From Time Out Film Guide
Maybe there's a note of irony in the title, for this children's hospital drama spends nearly all its efforts bathing us in sentimentality of the starchy, received-pronunciation Home Counties kind. Anna Neagle's the all-seeing matron who saves two slum kids from their slovenly mother, while doctor Baker tries out his bedside manner on nurse Syms. Predictable and fairly patronising, but it certainly gives an insight into prevailing health attitudes of the day.Author: TJ
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- Posted on Aug 11 2008 19:46 I saw this film at the cinema when I was 9 and have never forgotten it. Anyone know how I can obtain copy?
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Cast & crew
Director: Cyril Frankel
Producer: WA Whittaker
Cast: Anna Neagle, George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Flora Robson, Michael Hordern, Joan Hickson, Rosalie Crutchley, Joan Sims, Angela Baddeley full cast
Duration: 86 mins
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