"In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession."
Kay Francis
as Florence Nightingale
Ian Hunter
as Fuller
Donald Woods
as Charles Cooper
Nigel Bruce
as Dr. West
Donald Crisp
as Dr. Hunt
Henry O'Neill
as Dr. Scott
Billy Mauch
as Tommy
Charles Croker-King
as Mr. Nightingale
Phoebe Foster
as Elizabeth Herbert
George Curzon
as Sidney Herbert
Georgia Caine
as Mrs. Nightingale
Ara Gerald
as Ella Stephens
Halliwell Hobbes
as Lord Raglan
Eily Malyon
as Sister Colomba
Montagu Love
as Mr. Bullock
Ferdinand Munier
as Alexis Soyer
Lillian Kemble-Cooper
as Parthenope Nightingale
Egon Brecher
as Pastor Fliedner
Tempe Pigott
as Mrs. Waters
Barbara Leonard
as Minna
Frank Conroy
as Mr. Le Froy
Lowden Adams
as Secretary (uncredited)
Harry Allen
as Soldier Bothered By Rats (uncredited)
Dorothy Arville
as Nurse (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
as Sentry (uncredited)
Frank Baker
as Customs Inspector (uncredited)
May Beatty
Daisy Belmore
Lionel Belmore
as Captain (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
as Jones (uncredited)
Robert Bolder
as Doctor (uncredited)
George Broughton
as Corporal (uncredited)
George Bunny
as Coachman (uncredited)
Rita Carlyle
as Mrs. Mellon (uncredited)
David Cavendish
as Orderly in Scott's Office (uncredited)
Fay Chaldecott
as Praying Child in Cottage (uncredited)
E. E. Clive
as Dr. Smith (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
as Sentry at Balaclava Hospital (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
as Perkins (uncredited)
Harry Cording
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
Bob Corey
as Raglan Staff Officer (uncredited)
Thomas A. Curran
as Officer in Barracks (uncredited)
J. Gunnis Davis
W.H. Davis
as Old Man (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
as Lady Disapproving of Florence #2 (uncredited)
Frank Elliott
Edith Ellison
as Old Woman (uncredited)
Helena Phillips Evans
Herbert Evans
as Porter (uncredited)
E.L. Fisher-Smith
as Soldier (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald
Mary Forbes
as Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
Art Foster
Hugh Gee
Mary Gordon
as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
Helena Grant
as Sick Woman (uncredited)
Lawrence Grant
as Colonel (uncredited)
Billy Griffith
as Orderly (uncredited)
Robert Hale
Alec Harford
as Times Office Clerk (uncredited)
Gordon Hart
as War Minister (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Fay Holden
as Queen Victoria (uncredited)
Harold Howard
Rose Hughes
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
as Orderly in Hunt's Office (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
as Inspector (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
as Soldier Wanting to Say Goodbye (uncredited)
Gardner James
as Patient (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
as Woman Donating Soup (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
as Orderly in Raglan's Office (uncredited)
Louis King
Edith Kingdon
as Woman Concerned About Donations (uncredited)
George Kirby
Jerry Larkin
as (uncredited)
Raymond Lawrence
Alma Lloyd
Wilfred Lucas
Dan Maxwell
as Sergeant (uncredited)
James May
Leo McCabe
John C. McCallum
Nelson McDowell
as Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
as Officer at Minister's Meeting (uncredited)
Henry Mowbray
Doreen Munroe
as Applicant (uncredited)
Mrs. Wilfrid North
as Lady Disapproving of Florence #3 (uncredited)
Vesey O'Davoren
as Thompson (uncredited)
Milton Owen
Paul Panzer
Lionel Pape
Lon Poff
John Power
Harrington Reynolds
John J. Richardson
as Cook Reporting to Jones (uncredited)
Gerald Rogers
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
John Rogers
Hugh Saxon
as Gardener (uncredited)
Ann Shaw
C. Montague Shaw
as Old Officer (uncredited)
Maud Shearer
Reginald Sheffield
Yorke Sherwood
as Constable with Mrs. Waters (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Robert R. Stephenson
Houseley Stevenson
as Surgeon (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
Cyril Thornton
as Sick Woman's Husband (uncredited)
Zeffie Tilbury
as Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited)
Kit Townsend
Joseph R. Tozer
as Messenger From Queen (uncredited)
Silvia Vaughan
as Praying Child's Mother (uncredited)
Fred Walton
Kathrin Clare Ward
Elizabeth Weiner
as Mrs. Arnold (uncredited)
Emmy Weinniemach
as Deaconness (uncredited)
Cecil Weston
Tom Wilson
as Man 'Cooking' Shirts (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
as Servant Getting Nurse (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe
Lillian Worth
as Woman Donating Bandages (uncredited)
Douglas Gordon
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poem
William Dieterle
Director
Mordaunt Shairp
Screenplay
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Heinz Roemheld
Original Music Composer
Warren Low
Editor
Orry-Kelly
Wardrobe Designer
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography