The Gentle Sex

The Gentle Sex

92 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | May 23, 1943

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.

The Gentle Sex

92 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | May 23, 1943

The Gentle Sex
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Two Cities Films, Concanen Productions, Derrick De Marney Productions
Original title The Gentle Sex
Directors Cecil Gurney, Maurice Elvey, Leslie Howard
Writers Moie Charles

Cast

Joan Gates

as Gwen Hayden

Jean Gillie

as Jean Gillie

Joan Greenwood

as Betty Miller

Joyce Howard

as Anne Lawrence

Rosamund John

as Maggie Fraser

Lilli Palmer

as Erna Debruski

Barbara Waring

as Joan Simpson

John Justin

as Flying Officer David Sheridan

Elliott Mason

as Mrs. Fraser

Tony Bazell

as Ted

Frederick Leister

as Colonel Lawrence

Everley Gregg

as Miss Simpson

John Laurie

as Scots Corporal

Mary Jerrold

as Mrs. Sheridan

Meriel Forbes

as Junior Commander Davis

Noreen Craven

as Convoy Sergeant

Miles Malleson

as Tran Guard

Jimmy Hanley

as 1st Soldier

Frederick Peisley

as 2nd Soldier

Ronald Shiner

as Racegoer

Harry Welchman

as Captain Ferrier

Rosalyn Boulter

as Telephonist

Leslie Howard

as Narrator (voice)

Grace Arnold

as Restaurant Attendant (uncredited)

Frank Atkinson

as Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

Claude Bailey

as Staff Officer (uncredited)

Hyma Beckley

as Man at Railway Station (uncredited)

Peter Cotes

as Taffy (uncredited)

Amy Dalby

as Lady Behind the Bar at the Dance (uncredited)

Richard George

as Naval Officer (uncredited)

Jack May

as Postman (uncredited)

Roland Pertwee

as Captain (uncredited)

Johnnie Schofield

as Sgt. in Dance Cafe (uncredited)

Nicholas Stuart

as British Officer (uncredited)