The Small Back Room (1949)
1h 46m
Running Time
February 21, 1949Release Date
The Small Back Room (1949)
1h 46m
Running Time
February 21, 1949Release Date
Plot.
At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal officer Sammy Rice must overcome his personal demons to defeat this new threat.
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Cast & Crew.
David Farrar
Sammy Rice
Kathleen Byron
Susan
Jack Hawkins
R.B. Waring
Leslie Banks
Col. A. K. Holland
Michael Gough
Capt. Dick Stuart
Cyril Cusack
Cpl. Taylor
Milton Rosmer
Prof. Mair
Walter Fitzgerald
Brine
Emrys Jones
Joe
Michael Goodliffe
Till
Renée Asherson
A.T.S. corporal
Anthony Bushell
Col. Strang / Associate Producer
Henry Caine
Sgt. Maj. Rose
James Dale
Brigadier
Robert Morley
The Minister
Sid James
'Knucksie' Moran
Sam Kydd
Crowhurst
Geoffrey Keen
Pinker
Roddy Hughes
Welsh Doctor
Bryan Forbes
Peterson
John Stratton
Young Army Officer
Clifford Turner
Editor
Nigel Balchin
Novel
Emeric Pressburger
Writer / Director / Producer
Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer
Michael Powell
Director / Writer / Producer
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
John Hoesli
Art Direction
Sydney Streeter
Assistant Director
Madeleine Godar
Casting
Hein Heckroth
Production Design
Josephine Boss
Costume Design
Jean Osborne
Publicist
Jack N. Green
Third Assistant Director
George R. Busby
Production Assistant
Ivor Beddoes
Assistant Art Director
Peter Childs
Draughtsman
Ted Clements
Draughtsman
Harry Pottle
Draughtsman
Iris Tilley
Assistant Hairstylist
Archie Knowles
Second Assistant Director
Dorrie Hamilton
Makeup Supervisor
Freddie Francis
Camera Operator
Pat Sladden
Draughtsman
Peter Meyers
Boom Operator
Peter Butcher
Boom Operator
Cyril Swern
Sound Editor
Wallis Smith
Draughtsman
Dario Simoni
Set Dresser
John von Kotze
Clapper Loader
Anthony Hopking
Still Photographer
Alan Allen
Sound
James Carney
Elwyn Brook-Jones
Roderick Lovell
June Elvin
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 21, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Box Office$15,066
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
bomb
england
world war ii
alcoholism
war
romantic drama
strong woman
self sacrifice
self-destruction
alcoholic
roadside bomb
explosives expert
military weapons
booby trap
withdrawal
bomb squad
self-loathing
war effort
prosthetic leg
unexploded bomb
amputee
weapon testing
weapons of war
bomb making
hallucinations
guns and weapons
bomb disposal unit
disarming a bomb
supportive partner
Wiki.
The Small Back Room (U.S. title: Hour of Glory) is a 1949 film by the British producer-writer-director team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring David Farrar and Kathleen Byron and featuring Jack Hawkins and Cyril Cusack. It was based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Nigel Balchin.
The theme is the unsung heroes of World War II, the "backroom boys", gradually coming into their own.
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