Private Nurse

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Private Nurse
Private Nurse poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by David Burton
Screenplay by Samuel G. Engel
Produced by Sol M. Wurtzel
Starring Jane Darwell
Brenda Joyce
Sheldon Leonard
Robert Lowery
Ann E. Todd
Kay Linaker
CinematographyVirgil Miller
Edited by Alfred DeGaetano
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • August 22, 1941 (1941-08-22)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Private Nurse is a 1941 American drama film directed by David Burton and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jane Darwell, Brenda Joyce, Sheldon Leonard, Robert Lowery, Ann E. Todd and Kay Linaker. The film was released on August 22, 1941, by 20th Century Fox. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

A nurse gets hired to take care of a gangster's daughter whose mother recently passed away, however the daughter does not know that her father is a gangster nor that her mother is actually alive. The nurse has to be the one to deliver the truth.

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References

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