The Brothers (1947 film)

The Brothers
Original British 1-sheet poster
Directed byDavid MacDonald
Written byMuriel Box
Sydney Box
adaptation
Paul Vincent Carroll
David MacDonald
LAG Strong
Based onnovel by LAG Strong
Produced bySydney Box
StarringPatricia Roc
Will Fyffe
Maxwell Reed
Finlay Currie
John Laurie
CinematographyStephen Dade
Edited byVladimir Sagovsky
Music byCedric Thorpe Davie
Production
company
Triton
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Universal Pictures (USA)
Release dates
  • May 12, 1947 (1947-05-12) (Premiere)
  • July 7, 1947 (1947-07-07)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£162,900[1][2]
Box office£110,000 (by July 1953)[1] or £107,200[2]

The Brothers is a 1947 British film melodrama directed by David MacDonald and starring Patricia Roc, Will Fyffe and Maxwell Reed. It was adapted from the novel of the same title by L. A. G. Strong.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 210
  2. ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 353. Income is in terms of producer's share.
  3. ^ "The Brothers". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ "The Brothers". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.