My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper (1948)

War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.

Date of release
1948-08-19
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Director
Alfred Roome

Casting

Interesting facts

My Brother's Keeper is a 1948 British crime film directed by Alfred Roome and starring Jack Warner and George Cole. It was written by Frank Harvey from a story by Maurice Wiltshire. It was produced by Sydney Boxv for Gainsborough Pictures.

Production

The film was originally known as Double Pursuit. It was produced by Sydney Box who had just taken over as head of production at Gainsborough Studios and was keen to develop new talent via lower budget films. The film was based on a story by journalist Maurice Wiltshire, his first for cinema; it was the first screenplay for Frank Harvey, first credit as full producer for Anthony Yarnborough, first film for Alfred Roome, first film for the editor a…

Filming started in December 1947. Gainsborough had meant to make another film that month called Roses Her Pillow, but production on that was postponed when Margaret Lockwood refused to star and Sydney Box could not find anyone he felt was suitable to replace her, so he brought forward Double Pursuit on the studio's schedule. The original stars announced were Jack Warner, John McCallum and Peter Hammond.

The film was shot in 45 days, nine ahead of schedule and £20,000 under budget.

My Brother's Keeper's exterior location sequences were filmed in the Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire border area, including scenes shot at the now abandoned Aston Rowant railway station.

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