Back-Room Boy (1942)
1h 22m
Running Time
April 15, 1942Release Date
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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Cast & Crew.
Arthur Askey
Arthur Pilbeam
Moore Marriott
Jerry
Graham Moffatt
Albert
Googie Withers
Bobbie
Vera Frances
Jane
Joyce Howard
Betty
John Salew
Steve Mason
George Merritt
Uncle
Eileen Bennett
Bit
Aubrey Mallalieu
West
Philip Friend
Damon Ravel
Herbert Mason
Director
D.J. Williams
McIntyre
J.O.C. Orton
Writer
John Shirley
Editorial Services
Louis Levy
Musical
Val Guest
Writer
Marriott Edgar
Writer
Edward Black
Producer
Hans May
Composer
Jack E. Cox
Cinematographer
Jack Asher
Camera Operator
R. E. Dearing
Editor
Walter W. Murton
Art Direction
Details.
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.