Vigil In The Night

Medical doctor and novelist A.J. Cronin supplied the story for this movie, a heavy drama that had no leavening humor and lost just as heavily at the box office. Set in Manchester, England, it's the story of two sisters, Lombard and Shirley, who work as nurses. Shirley is a student nurse whose error in judgment at the hospital leads to a child's death. Lombard, who is far more dedicated, assumes the guilt for the mishap, thus getting Shirley off the hook and allowing her to finish her training. Lombard gets a job at another hospital, where she meets Aherne. The hospital is large, badly equipped, and understaffed. The head of the facility is Mitchell, and he puts an ...