They Were Sisters

Based On the book by Dorothy Whipple

They Were Sisters is a 1945 British melodrama film directed by Arthur Crabtree for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Phyllis Calvert and James Mason. The film was produced by Harold Huth, with cinematography from Jack Cox and screenplay by Roland Pertwee. They Were Sisters is noted for its frank, unsparing depiction of marital abuse at a time when the subject was rarely discussed openly. It was one of the Gainsborough melodramas.

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Release date:

1945

Director:

Arthur Crabtree

Cast:

James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Dulcie Gray, Anne Crawford, Thorley Walters

Genre:

Drama

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

1945 in adaptations