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title: 'They Were Sisters (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arthur Crabtree'
released: '1945-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/they-were-sisters-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038161/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# They Were Sisters (1945)

1945 · 109 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arthur Crabtree](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-crabtree)
- **Screenplay:** [Roland Pertwee](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-pertwee)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Louis Levy](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-levy)
- **Producer:** [Harold Huth](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-huth)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack E. Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-e-cox)

## Cast

- [Phyllis Calvert](https://cinepixo.com/people/phyllis-calvert)
- [Anne Crawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-crawford)
- [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason)
- [Thorley Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/thorley-walters)
- [Dulcie Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/dulcie-gray)

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