My Brother Jonathan

My Brother Jonathan

108 mins | Drama | Feb. 5, 1948

Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.

My Brother Jonathan

108 mins | Drama | Feb. 5, 1948

My Brother Jonathan
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Associated British Picture Corporation
Original title My Brother Jonathan
Directors Gus Agosti, Harold French
Writers Leslie Landau, Adrian Alington

Cast

Michael Denison

as Jonathan Dakers

Dulcie Gray

as Rachel Hammond

Ronald Howard

as Harold Dakers

Stephen Murray

as Dr. Craig

Mary Clare

as Mrs. Dakers

Finlay Currie

as Dr. Hammond

Beatrice Campbell

as Edie Martyn

James Robertson Justice

as Eugene Dakers

James Hayter

as Tom Morse

Jessica Spencer

as Connie

Stuart Lindsell

as Mr. Martyn

Avice Landone

as Mrs. Martyn

Wylie Watson

as Bagley

Fred Groves

as Lisha Hodgkiss

Beatrice Varley

as Mrs. Hodgkiss

Felix Deebank

as Alec Martyn

Eric Messiter

as Surgeon Moore

Paul Farrell

as Dr. Lucas

Jack Melford

as Dr. Martock

David Ward

as Dr. Frampton

John Salew

as Wilburn

Peter Hobbes

as Dr. Monaghan

Kathleen Boutall

as Mrs. Gaige

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Mr. Gaige

George Woodbridge

as Stevens

Leslie Weston

as Wheeler

Merle Tottenham

as Alice Rudge

Grace Denbigh Russell

as The Matron

Howard Douglas

as Bailiff

Derek Farge

as Edward Willis

Eunice Gayson

as Young Girl

Nora Gordon

as Mrs. Stevens

Cameron Hall

as Joseph the Porter

Kathleen Heath

as Barmaid

Paul Blake

as Edward Smith Watson

Thora Hird

as Ada

Maurice Jones

as Foundry Foreman

Vi Kaley

as Old Crone

Fred Kitchen

as Tyldesley

Daniel King

as Rev. Perry

Ruth Lodge

as Mrs. Craig

Johnnie Schofield

as Trade Union Man

Jane Shirley

as Maid

Wendy Thompson

as Nurse

Elsie Wagstaff

as Factory Worker

Hazel Adair

as Mary

Ernest Borrow

as Butler

Ernest Butcher

as Porter

Ray Cooney

as Ralph Hingston

Basil Cunard

as Police Sergeant

Andreas Malandrinos

as French Postman

Beatrice Marsden

as Mary, 1946

Elizabeth Maude

as Mrs. Bagley

Janet Morrison

as Sister Cronshaw

Sydney Moncton

as Dancer at Martyn's Party

Arthur Young

as Sir Joseph Higgins

Pete Murray

as Tony Dakers

Hilda Bayley

as Mrs. Perry

Grace Arnold

as Woman in Court

Paul Sheridan

as French Guest at Hotel Cecil

Desmond Newling

as Young Jonathan

Hilary Pritchard

as Bailiff