The Lamp Still Burns

The Lamp Still Burns
Ernest Thesiger as the Chairman
Directed byMaurice Elvey
Written byElizabeth Baron
Charles Nelson (add. dialogue)
Roland Pertwee (add. dialogue)
Based onOne Pair of Feet
by Monica Dickens
Produced byLeslie Howard
StarringRosamund John
Stewart Granger
Godfrey Tearle
CinematographyRobert Krasker
Edited byFrederick Wilson
Music byJohn Greenwood
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 29 November 1943 (1943-11-29)
Running time
87–92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Lamp Still Burns is a 1943 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Rosamund John, Stewart Granger and Godfrey Tearle. Its plot concerns a woman architect who changes careers to become a nurse.

It was based on the 1942 novel One Pair of Feet by Monica Dickens. Like the novel, the film is a plea for better conditions in English hospitals – and, more specifically, for better treatment of England's selfless nurses.

The Lamp Still Burns was produced by actor Leslie Howard, who was killed in the service of his country not long after the film was released.