The Holy Terror

Overview

A television dramatization based on the life and work of Florence Nightingale. The story, set in 1856, relates the incidents in her life following the war in the Crimea, where she had gained such fame that her name was virtually a household word.

Directed by George Schaefer

Top cast

Julie Harris

Florence Nightingale

Denholm Elliott

Herbert

Torin Thatcher

Dr. Poole

Kate Reid

Aunt Mai

Leueen MacGrath

Fanny Nightingale

Brian Bedford

Billy Sims

Alan Webb

William Nightingale

Olga Bellin

Elizabeth Herbert

C

Constance Carpenter

Lady Stratford

T

Toni Darnay

Woman

J

John Gerstad

The Hawker

Margaret Hall

Nurse Hendricks

L

Lois Holmes

Rev. Mother Bermondsey

W

William Jackson

Lord Stratford

M

Michael Lewis

William Howard Russell

J

Joy Nichols

Nurse Smithers

M

Mildred Trares

Parthe Nightingale

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