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.
Julie Harris
as Florence Nightingale
Denholm Elliott
as Herbert
Torin Thatcher
as Dr. Poole
Kate Reid
as Aunt Mai
Leueen MacGrath
as Fanny Nightingale
Brian Bedford
as Billy Sims
Alan Webb
as William Nightingale
Olga Bellin
as Elizabeth Herbert
Constance Carpenter
as Lady Stratford
Toni Darnay
as Woman
John Gerstad
as The Hawker
Margaret Hall
as Nurse Hendricks
