This article is about the 1948 British film. For the characters in Shakespeare's Macbeth, see Three Witches.
The Three Weird Sisters
UK release poster
Directed by
Daniel Birt
Written by
Dylan Thomas David Evans Louise Birt
Based on
The Case of the Weird Sisters by Charlotte Armstrong
Produced by
Louis H. Jackson
Starring
Nancy Price Mary Clare Mary Merrall Raymond Lovell Nova Pilbeam
Cinematography
Ernest Palmer Moray Grant
Edited by
Monica Kimick
Music by
Hans May
Production company
British National Films
Distributed by
Associated British-Pathé
Release date
12 July 1948 (1948-07-12)
Running time
82 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
The Three Weird Sisters is a 1948 British melodrama film directed by Daniel Birt and starring Nancy Price, Mary Clare, Mary Merrall, Nova Pilbeam and Raymond Lovell.[1] The film has Gothic influences.[2] The screenplay was adapted by Dylan Thomas and Louise Birt from the novel The Case of the Weird Sisters by Charlotte Armstrong (mistitled The Case of the Three Weird Sisters in the opening credits).[3] The film was Birt's feature film directorial debut. It also marked the last screen appearance of Nova Pilbeam, who retired from acting after it was completed.[4][5]
^"The Three Weird Sisters (1948)". Archived from the original on 4 August 2017.
^"Gothic: Monstrous and The Dark Arts".
^Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
^"Daniel Birt". Archived from the original on 5 May 2016.
^Bergan, Ronald; Shorter, Eric (26 July 2015). "Nova Pilbeam obituary". the Guardian.
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