The Small Back Room 1949 Imdb

The small back room 1949 pg 02 23 1952 us war drama thriller romance 1h 46m user score.

The small back room 1949 imdb.

Sammy rice prevented by an artificial foot from military service in world war ii is instead a back room boy a life he finds frustrating in the extreme. The small back room. A murder mystery set in the newspaper industry. Audience reviews for the small back room sep 28 2018 perhaps a movie too adult for the movies this one involves the men who toil in secret to diffuse enemy science threats during ww2.

The small back room is a film directed by michael powell emeric pressburger with david farrar kathleen byron jack hawkins leslie banks. Based on the acclaimed novel by nigel balchin the small back room details the professional and personal travails of troubled alcoholic research scientist and military bomb disposal expert sammy. After the lavish technicolor spectacle of the red shoes british filmmakers michael powell and emeric pressburger retreated into the inward shadowy recesses of this moody crackling character study. Directed by michael powell emeric pressburger.

Rice is embittered because he feels military scientific research is. Directed by roy ward baker. The small back room released in the united states as 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. Sammy rice a highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal officer must overcome his personal demons to defeat this new threat.

With hugh williams hy hazell sidney james garry marsh. With john gregson ursula howells david webb jack hedley. With david farrar jack hawkins kathleen byron leslie banks. At the height of world war ii the germans begin dropping a new type of booby trapped bomb on england.

The small back room.