My Sister and I is a 1948 British drama film directed by Harold Huth and starring Sally Ann Howes, Barbara Mullen, Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Martita Hunt and Patrick Holt.[1] The screenplay concerns a woman who comes under suspicion when an elderly lady she lodges with dies and leaves her all her money. It is based on the novel High Pavement by Emery Bonett.
| My Sister and I | |
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| Directed by | Harold Huth |
| Written by | Michael Medwin A.R. Rawlinson Joan Rees Robert Westerby |
| Based on | High Pavement (aka Old Mrs. Camelot) by Emery Bonett |
| Produced by | John Corfield Harold Huth |
| Starring | Sally Ann Howes Barbara Mullen Dermot Walsh Hazel Court Martita Hunt Patrick Holt |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
| Edited by | John D. Guthridge |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
Production company | Burnham Productions |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot summary
editA young woman who acts in a small theatre comes under suspicion of murder when the elderly lady she lodges with dies and leaves her all her money.[2]
Cast
edit- Sally Ann Howes as Robina Adams
- Dermot Walsh as Graham Forbes
- Martita Hunt as Mrs. Camelot
- Barbara Mullen as Hypatia Foley
- Patrick Holt as Roger Crisp
- Hazel Court as Helena Forsythe
- Joan Rees as Ardath Bondage
- Jane Hylton as Elsie
- Michael Medwin as Charlie
- Rory MacDermot as Michael Marsh
- Hugh Miller as Hubert Bondage
- Ian Wilson as Horsnell
- Niall Lawlor as Harry
- Elizabeth Sydney as Phyllis
- Jack Vyvian as Pomfret
- Helen Goss as Mrs. Pomfret
- Stewart Rome as Colonel Thursby
- Olwen Brookes as Mrs. Lippincott
- Wilfrid Caithness as Coroner
- John Miller as Bishop
- Amy Dalby as Female Cleaner
- James Knight as Dustman
- Barbara Leake as First Elderly Woman
- Diana Dors as Dreary Girl
References
edit- ^ "My Sister and I (1948)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
- ^ Hal Erickson. "My Sister and I (1948) - Harold Huth - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
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