Women in War
Women in War is a 1940 American war film about the nurses of the British Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Battle of France. Directed by John H. Auer and starring Wendy Barrie, Elsie Janis and Patric Knowles, it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects (Howard Lydecker, William Bradford, Ellis J. Thackery, Herbert Norsch).
Plot
Socialite Pamela Starr meets Mr Tedford, an older man in a London night club. After he escorts her home he tries to enter her flat feeling he has deserved the right to sleep with her as he has paid for her entertainment. Pamela thrusts a £5 note in his hands as reimbursement and attempts to enter her room but Tedford will not let her. The spirited Pamela strikes the drunken Tedford sending him across the landing where he crashes through a railing over the stairwell sending Tedford to his death.
More details
| author | F. Hugh Herbert |
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| contentLocation | London |
| director | John H. Auer |
| events | World War II |
| genre | drama western |
| keywords | army captain british army court case divorce land matron night club nurse raf royal air force socialite |
| musicBy | Cy Feuer |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Special Effects |
| producer | Sol C. Siegel |
| publisher | Republic Pictures |
| theme | war |