The Trojan Brothers (film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Maclean Rogers |
Written by | Irwin Reiner Maclean Rogers |
Based on | The Trojan Brothers by Pamela Hansford Johnson |
Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
Starring | Patricia Burke David Farrar Bobby Howes |
Cinematography | Moray Grant Ernest Palmer |
Edited by | Paul Capon |
Music by | Hans May |
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Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Trojan Brothers is a 1946 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Patricia Burke, David Farrar and Bobby Howes.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same title by Pamela Hansford Johnson.
Synopsis
[edit]The two halves of a London music hall act performing together as a pantomime horse have a sharp falling out when one of them begins a relationship with an attractive society woman.
Cast
[edit]- Patricia Burke as Betty Todd
- David Farrar as Sid Nichols
- Bobby Howes as Benny Castelli
- Barbara Mullen as Margie Castelli
- Lesley Brook as Ann Devon
- David Hutcheson as Cyril Todd
- Finlay Currie as W.H. Maxwell
- Wylie Watson as Stage Manager
- Joan Hickson as Ada
- Gus McNaughton as Frank
- George Robey as Old Sam
- Bransby Williams as Tom Hockaby
- Annette D. Simmonds as Charlie
- Roma Milne as Lorna
- Hugh Dempster as Tommy
- Grace Arnold as Mrs. Johnson
- Joyce Blair as Beryl Johnson
- Shirley Renton as Connie Johnson
- Carol Lawton as Sandra
- H. F. Maltby as Colonel Robbins
- Vincent Holman as P.C. Graves
- Vi Kaley as Mrs. Hopkins
- Doorn Van Steyn as Mrs. Hopkins' sister #1
- Joy Frankau as Mrs. Hopkins' sister #2
- Patricia Fox as Autograph hunter #1
- Olive Kirby as Autograph hunter #2
- Anders Timberg as Arnold Dench
References
[edit]- ^ Murphy p.522
Bibliography
[edit]- Murphy, Robert. Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. British Film Institute, 2006.
External links
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