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No Time for Tears is a 1957 British drama film directed by Cyril Frankel in CinemaScope and Eastman Color and starring Anna Neagle, George Baker, Sylvia Syms and Anthony Quayle.[1] The staff at a children's hospital struggle with their workload.[2]

No Time for Tears
British theatrical poster
Directed by	Cyril Frankel
Written by	Anne Burnaby Frederic Gotfurt
Based on	an original story by Anne Burnaby
Produced by	W.A. Whittaker
Starring	Anna Neagle George Baker Sylvia Syms Anthony Quayle
Cinematography	Gilbert Taylor
Edited by	Gordon Pilkington
Music by	Francis Chagrin
Production company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Associated British-Pathé (UK)
Release dates	8 August 1957 (1957-08-08) (London, UK)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

The interwoven dramas of staff and patients in Mayfield Children's Hospital, where the doctors and nurses are in the business of restoring children's lives. One small child risks losing his sight, while twin boys fool the doctors over which one has appendicitis. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, new nurse Margaret Collier (Sylvia Syms) suffers pangs of unrequited love for houseman Dr. Nigel Barnes (George Baker).

Cast

• Anna Neagle as Matron Eleanor Hammond
• George Baker as Doctor Nigel Barnes
• Sylvia Syms as Nurse Margaret Collier
• Anthony Quayle as Doctor Graham Seagrave
• Flora Robson as Sister Birch
• Alan White as Doctor Hugh Storey
• Daphne Anderson as Doctor Marian Cornish
• Sophie Stewart as Sister Willis
• Patricia Marmont as Sister Davies
• Rosalie Crutchley as Theatre Sister
• Victor Brooks as Mr. Harris
• Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Harris
• Jessica Cairns as Lawrie
• Carla Challoner as Jenny
• Cyril Chamberlain as Hall Porter
• Christopher Frost as Peter
• Joan Hickson as Sister Duckworth
• Michael Hordern as the Surgeon
• Viola Keats as Mrs. McKenna
• Linda Leo as Sick Child
• Jonathan Ley as Timmy Gardener
• Lucille Mapp as Maya
• Richard O'Sullivan as William Reynolds
• Gillian Owen as Night Nurse
• Loretta Parry as Jackie
• Adrienne Posta as Cathy Harris
• Christopher Witty as George Harris
• Marjorie Rhodes as Ethel
• George Rose as Dobbie
• Joan Sims as Sister O'Malley
• Hermione Harvey as Hospital Receptionist

Critical reception

Sky Movies gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote, "this is standard medical soap fare and could be mistaken for a bumper edition of Casualty":[3] while TV Guide rated the film three out of four stars, and wrote, "Though the situations are clearly out of the movie medical bag, the ensemble manages to rise above clichés and stereotypes. Neagle carries the film as the head nurse, with good support from Syms as the new nurse on her staff".[4]

References

External links

• No Time for Tears at IMDb

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