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His Brother's Keeper (1940 film)

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His Brother's Keeper
Directed byRoy William Neill
Written by
Produced bySamuel Sax
Starring
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Music byBretton Byrd
Production
company
Warner Brothers-First National Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • 27 January 1940 (1940-01-27)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£18,238[1]
Box office£10,383[1]

His Brother's Keeper is a 1940 British crime film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Clifford Evans, Tamara Desni and Una O'Connor.[2]

It was made at Teddington Studios as a second feature. It had been completed before the outbreak of the Second World War.[3]

Plot

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A successful sharp shooting act is threatened when a gold-digging blues singer attempts to split them up.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ a b Steve Chibnall (2019) Hollywood-on-Thames: the British productions ofWarner Bros. – First National, 1931–1945, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 39:4, pp 687-724, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1615292 at p 713
  2. ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.3
  3. ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.3

Bibliography

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  • Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
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