The Gentle Sex
23/05/1943
2h



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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.
Cast
Joan Gates
Gwen Hayden


Jean Gillie
Jean Gillie


Joan Greenwood
Betty Miller


Joyce Howard
Anne Lawrence


Rosamund John
Maggie Fraser


Lilli Palmer
Erna Debruski
Barbara Waring
Joan Simpson


John Justin
Flying Officer David Sheridan
Elliott Mason
Mrs. Fraser
Tony Bazell
Ted


Frederick Leister
Colonel Lawrence


Everley Gregg
Miss Simpson


John Laurie
Scots Corporal


Mary Jerrold
Mrs. Sheridan


Meriel Forbes
Junior Commander Davis
Noreen Craven
Convoy Sergeant


Miles Malleson
Tran Guard


Jimmy Hanley
1st Soldier
Frederick Peisley
2nd Soldier


Ronald Shiner
Racegoer


Harry Welchman
Captain Ferrier
Rosalyn Boulter
Telephonist


Leslie Howard
Narrator (voice)


Grace Arnold
Restaurant Attendant (uncredited)


Frank Atkinson
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Claude Bailey
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
Man at Railway Station (uncredited)
Peter Cotes
Taffy (uncredited)
Amy Dalby
Lady Behind the Bar at the Dance (uncredited)
Richard George
Naval Officer (uncredited)


Jack May
Postman (uncredited)


Roland Pertwee
Captain (uncredited)


Johnnie Schofield
Sgt. in Dance Cafe (uncredited)
Nicholas Stuart
British Officer (uncredited)
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