This film is so far ahead of anything made in America. It has no cloying sentimentality just seven women getting on with their training and work. Leslie Howard's gentle humour might be a little too subtle for audiences across the pond and the laconic way the Commandos behave in the train show the British attitude to the hostilities of World War Two. We should remember that 65,000 civilians were killed in the UK by bombs and later missiles. A situation not experienced by our allies. These characters and their experiences would be readily understood by contemporary audiences who would also have known the song Don't Dilly Dally and understood the references in it very well. All in all a film that should not be missed.
Review of The Gentle Sex
