Main Cast: Patricia Roc, Will Fyffe, Maxwell Reed, Finlay Currie, Duncan MacRae
Release Year: 1948
Country: UK
Run Time: 98 minutes
Plot
Director David McDonald adapted the screenplay of The Brothers from a novel by L. A. G. Strong. Set at the turn-of-the-century, the story concerns the feud between two farming families on a remote Western Scottish island. Patricia Roc plays Mary, a serving girl who goes to work for the Macrae clan. This not only causes renewed hostility between the Macrae and the rival McFarish family, but also foments dissension between Macrae brothers Fergus (Maxwell Reed) and John (Duncan Macrae). In a break from tradition, the film substitutes the novel's unhappy ending with an even unhappier one. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
John Laurie - Dugald; Andrew Crawford - Willie McFarish; Morland Graham - Angus McFarish; Megs Jenkins - Angusina McFarish; James Woodburn - Priest; Patrick Boxill - The Informer
The Brothers is a British film melodrama of 1947, starring Patricia Roc and John Laurie, from a novel by L.A.G. Strong of the same name. It is set in the Western Isles of Scotland, and the long and murderous grudge between two clans there, the Macraes and McFarishes. Roc plays a serving girl, whose arrival to work for the Macraes reinflames the conflict and causes an internal power-struggle between two brothers in the Macrae clan (played by Maxwell Reed and Duncan Macrae).
