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The Gentle Sex (1943)

May 23, 1943 (GB) Comedy, Drama, War • 92m

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.

Director

Leslie Howard

Writer

Moie Charles

Top Billed

Joan Gates

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Top Billed Cast

Joan Gates
Joan Gates

Gwen Hayden

Jean Gillie
Jean Gillie

Jean Gillie

Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood

Betty Miller

Joyce Howard
Joyce Howard

Anne Lawrence

Rosamund John
Rosamund John

Maggie Fraser

Lilli Palmer
Lilli Palmer

Erna Debruski

Barbara Waring
Barbara Waring

Joan Simpson

John Justin
John Justin

Flying Officer David Sheridan

Elliott Mason
Elliott Mason

Mrs. Fraser

Frederick Leister
Frederick Leister

Colonel Lawrence

Everley Gregg
Everley Gregg

Miss Simpson

John Laurie
John Laurie

Scots Corporal

Mary Jerrold
Mary Jerrold

Mrs. Sheridan

Meriel Forbes
Meriel Forbes

Junior Commander Davis

Noreen Craven
Noreen Craven

Convoy Sergeant

Jimmy Hanley
Jimmy Hanley

1st Soldier

Harry Welchman
Harry Welchman

Captain Ferrier

Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard

Narrator (voice)

Grace Arnold
Grace Arnold

Restaurant Attendant (uncredited)

Frank Atkinson
Frank Atkinson

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

Claude Bailey
Claude Bailey

Staff Officer (uncredited)

Hyma Beckley
Hyma Beckley

Man at Railway Station (uncredited)

Peter Cotes
Peter Cotes

Taffy (uncredited)

Amy Dalby
Amy Dalby

Lady Behind the Bar at the Dance (uncredited)

Richard George
Richard George

Naval Officer (uncredited)

Jack May
Jack May

Postman (uncredited)

Roland Pertwee
Roland Pertwee

Captain (uncredited)

Johnnie Schofield
Johnnie Schofield

Sgt. in Dance Cafe (uncredited)

Nicholas Stuart
Nicholas Stuart

British Officer (uncredited)

Crew
John Greenwood
John Greenwood

Original Music Composer

Marjorie Whittle
Marjorie Whittle

Assistant Hairstylist

Vincent Permane
Vincent Permane

Production Manager

Herbert Smith
Herbert Smith

Executive In Charge Of Production

Cecil Gurney
Cecil Gurney

Assistant Director

Charles Tasto
Charles Tasto

Sound Mixer

A.W. Watkins
A.W. Watkins

Sound Recordist

Derick Williams
Derick Williams

Special Effects

Paul Sheriff
Paul Sheriff

Supervising Art Director

Carmen Dillon
Carmen Dillon

Art Direction

C.P. Norman
C.P. Norman

Art Direction

Robert Krasker
Robert Krasker

Director of Photography

Cyril J. Knowles
Cyril J. Knowles

Camera Operator

Ray Sturgess
Ray Sturgess

Camera Operator

Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey

Co-Director



Reviews

CinemaSerf

⭐ 6/10

June 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 … read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

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