No Time for Tears

No Time for Tears

86 mins | Drama | Oct. 4, 1957

No Time for Tears is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of the challenges faced by all those who enter this most demanding yet rewarding of professions – from routine operations to more serious conditions, from anxious, sometimes hostile parents to workplace romance. The lives of the staff and patients of Mayfield Children's Hospital are inextricably woven together with the laughter, tears and devotion that lie behind the work of restoring children to health and happiness.

No Time for Tears

86 mins | Drama | Oct. 4, 1957

No Time for Tears
No Time for Tears is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of the challenges faced by all those who enter this most demanding yet rewarding of professions – from routine operations to more serious conditions, from anxious, sometimes hostile parents to workplace romance. The lives of the staff and patients of Mayfield Children's Hospital are inextricably woven together with the laughter, tears and devotion that lie behind the work of restoring children to health and happiness.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Associated British Picture Corporation
Original title No Time for Tears
Directors June Faithfull, Cyril Frankel, Frederick Goode
Writers Anne Burnaby, Frederick Gotfurt

Cast

Anna Neagle

as Matron Eleanor Hammond

George Baker

as Dr. Nigel Barnes

Sylvia Syms

as Nurse Margaret Collier

Anthony Quayle

as Dr. Graham Seagrave

Flora Robson

as Sister Birch

Daphne Anderson

as Dr. Marian Cornish

Sophie Stewart

as Sister Willis

Patricia Marmont

as Sister Davies

Rosalie Crutchley

as Theater Sister

Angela Baddeley

as Mrs. Harris

Joan Sims

as Sister O'Malley

Victor Brooks

as Mr. Harris

Jessica Cairns

as Lawrie

Adrienne Posta

as Cathy Harris

Cyril Chamberlain

as Hall Porter

Carla Challoner

as Jenny

Joan Hickson

as Sister Duckworth

Michael Hordern

as Surgeon

Christopher Witty

as George Harris

Richard O'Sullivan

as William

Viola Keats

as Mrs. McKenna

Marjorie Rhodes

as Ethel

Alan White

as Dr. Hugh Storey

Lucille Mapp

as Maya