My Sister and I (1948 film)

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My Sister and I
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Directed by Harold Huth
Written by Michael Medwin
A.R. Rawlinson
Joan Rees
Robert Westerby
Based onHigh Pavement (aka Old Mrs. Camelot)
by Emery Bonett
Produced byJohn 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
  • 8 June 1948 (1948-06-08)(London)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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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Plot summary

A 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]

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References

  1. "My Sister and I (1948)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
  2. Hal Erickson. "My Sister and I (1948) - Harold Huth - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.