Nurse Edith Cavell
movie
"This Woman Must Die!"
Released August 31, 1939
Overview
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
Cast
Anna Neagle
as
Nurse Edith Cavell
Edna May Oliver
as
Countess de Mavon
George Sanders
as
Capt. Heinrichs
May Robson
as
Mme. Rappard
Zasu Pitts
as
Mme. Moulin
H.B. Warner
as
Hugh Gibson
Sophie Stewart
as
Sister Williams
Mary Howard
as
Nurse O'Brien
Robert Coote
as
Bungey
Martin Kosleck
as
Pierre
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Gui Ignon
as
Cobbler
Lionel Royce
as
Gen. von Ehrhardt
Crew
Herbert Wilcox
as
Director
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Reginald Berkeley
as
Story
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Edith Cavell
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Novel
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Michael Hogan
as
Writer
Herbert Wilcox
as
Producer
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Merrill G. White
as
Associate Producer
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Anthony Collins
as
Original Music Composer
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Joseph H. August
as
Director of Photography
Freddie Young
as
Director of Photography
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Elmo Williams
as
Editor
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Lawrence P. Williams
as
Art Direction
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Darrell Silvera
as
Set Decoration