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The Gentle Sex( 1943)

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Seven 'gentle' British girls who decide to "do their bit" and help out during World War II.

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.

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      Joan Gates

      Gwen Hayden

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      Jean Gillie

      Jean Gillie

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      Joan Greenwood

      Betty Miller

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      Joyce Howard

      Anne Lawrence

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      Rosamund John

      Maggie Fraser

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      Lilli Palmer

      Erna Debruski

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      Barbara Waring

      Joan Simpson

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      John Justin

      Flying Officer David Sheridan

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      Elliott Mason

      Mrs. Fraser

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      Tony Bazell

      Ted

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      Frederick Leister

      Colonel Lawrence

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      Everley Gregg

      Miss Simpson

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      John Laurie

      Scots Corporal

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      Mary Jerrold

      Mrs. Sheridan

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      Meriel Forbes

      Junior Commander Davis

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      Noreen Craven

      Convoy Sergeant

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      Miles Malleson

      Tran Guard

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      Jimmy Hanley

      1st Soldier

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      Frederick Peisley

      2nd Soldier

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      Ronald Shiner

      Racegoer

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      Harry Welchman

      Captain Ferrier

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      Rosalyn Boulter

      Telephonist

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      Leslie Howard

      Narrator (voice)

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      Grace Arnold

      Restaurant Attendant (uncredited)

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      Frank Atkinson

      Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

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      Claude Bailey

      Staff Officer (uncredited)

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      Hyma Beckley

      Man at Railway Station (uncredited)

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      Peter Cotes

      Taffy (uncredited)

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      Amy Dalby

      Lady Behind the Bar at the Dance (uncredited)

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      Richard George

      Naval Officer (uncredited)

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      Jack May

      Postman (uncredited)

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      Roland Pertwee

      Captain (uncredited)

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      Johnnie Schofield

      Sgt. in Dance Cafe (uncredited)

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      Nicholas Stuart

      British Officer (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 26 2022
    This is more of a docu-drama, depicting as it does the efforts of the women's Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in the UK during WWII. It's not quite propaganda - it does show some of the hairier, scarier aspects of their jobs amidst the war - but it does largely focus on the huge range of tasks they undertook from sight-ranging for the guns trying to stop the doodlebugs to driving essential supplies from one end of the country to the other to keep the logistical wheels of warfare working efficiently. Leslie Howard has interwoven these factually based scenarios with some strong fictional char...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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