Nurse Edith Cavell
6.5
“"This Woman Must Die!"”
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
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Anna Neagle
Nurse Edith Cavell
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Herbert Wilcox Director · Michael Hogan Writer Reginald Berkeley Story
Worldwide gross $1.1M · Budget $508K · United States release August 31, 1939
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Budget
$508,000
Worldwide gross
$1,082,000
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
Imperadio Pictures Ltd.
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 31, 1939
Theatrical
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