The Gentle Sex

Directed by Leslie Howard
1944    1h 32m    Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, War,
6.244%
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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. Directed by Leslie Howard who also narrates and appears in what would be his final film.
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Cast of The Gentle Sex
  • Joan GatesGwen Hayden
  • Jean GillieJean Gillie
  • Joan GreenwoodBetty Miller
  • Joyce HowardAnne Lawrence
  • Rosamund JohnMaggie Fraser
  • Lilli PalmerErna Debruski
  • Barbara WaringJoan Simpson
  • John JustinFlying Officer David Sheridan
  • Elliott MasonMrs. Fraser
  • Tony BazellTed
  • Frederick LeisterColonel Lawrence
  • Everley GreggMiss Simpson
  • John LaurieScots Corporal
  • Mary JerroldMrs. Sheridan
  • Meriel ForbesJunior Commander Davis
  • Noreen CravenConvoy Sergeant
  • Miles MallesonTran Guard
  • Jimmy Hanley1st Soldier
  • Frederick Peisley2nd Soldier
  • Ronald ShinerRacegoer
  • Harry WelchmanCaptain Ferrier
  • Rosalyn BoulterTelephonist
  • Leslie HowardNarrator (voice)
  • Grace ArnoldRestaurant Attendant (uncredited)
  • Frank AtkinsonRestaurant Customer (uncredited)
  • Claude BaileyStaff Officer (uncredited)
  • Hyma BeckleyMan at Railway Station (uncredited)
  • Peter CotesTaffy (uncredited)
  • Amy DalbyLady Behind the Bar at the Dance (uncredited)
  • Richard GeorgeNaval Officer (uncredited)
  • Jack MayPostman (uncredited)
  • Roland PertweeCaptain (uncredited)
  • Johnnie SchofieldSgt. in Dance Cafe (uncredited)
  • Nicholas StuartBritish Officer (uncredited)
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