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 |
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.
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