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1939

Nurse Edith Cavell

Directed by Herbert Wilcox
"This Woman Must Die!"

British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans

Duration

1h 37m

Released

August 31, 1939

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Cast37

  • Anna Neagle
  • Edna May Oliver
  • George Sanders
  • May Robson
  • Zasu Pitts
  • H.B. Warner
  • Sophie Stewart
  • Mary Howard
  • Robert Coote

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