Back-Room Boy (1942)

Name: Back-Room Boy
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1942-04-15

1h 22m

Running Time

Plot.

Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ..

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Details.

Release Date
April 15, 1942

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 22m

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2024-05-30

This Movie Is About.

island

radio

metereologist

lighthouse

mermaid

curse

storm

model

rope bridge

weather report

ship wrecked

Wiki.

Back-Room Boy is a 1942 British comedy mystery film directed by Herbert Mason, produced by Edward Black for Gainsborough Pictures and distributed by General Film Distributors. The cast includes Arthur Askey, Googie Withers, Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott. It marked the film debut of Vera Frances. The original story was written by J.O.C. Orton, Marriott Edgar and Val Guest. A man from the Met Office is sent to a lighthouse on a remote Scottish island to monitor the weather, where he hopes to escape from women, but soon finds the island overrun by them.

Back-Room Boy was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom on 17 April, 1942.