My Brother Jonathan

My Brother Jonathan
Australian daybill poster
Directed byHarold French
Written by
Based onMy Brother Jonathan
by Francis Brett Young
Produced byWarwick Ward
Starring
CinematographyDerick Williams
Edited byCharles Hasse
Music byHans May
Production
company
Distributed byAllied Artists (US)
Release date
  • 5 February 1948 (1948-02-05) (UK)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£198,000[1] or £193,851[2]
Box office£260,903 (UK)[3]

My Brother Jonathan is a 1948 British drama film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ronald Howard and Beatrice Campbell.[4] It is adapted from the 1928 novel of the same name by Francis Brett Young, later turned into a television series of the same title.[5]

The film was part of an attempt to relaunch major production by ABPC following the Second World War.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Balcon, Sir Michael. "The Film Crisis and the Public." Sunday Times [London, England] 6 Mar. 1949: 4. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.
  2. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 355.
  3. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p485
  4. ^ "My Brother Jonathan". British Film Institute. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  5. ^ "My Brother Jonathan". BBC Programme Index. Retrieved 24 February 2024.