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The Small Back Room
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
1949 · Directed by Michael Powell · 107 min · Drama · War · Romance · 10 frames
Crew
- Written by: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Cinematography: Christopher Challis
- Edited by: Clifford Turner
- Music: Brian Easdale
- Production design: Hein Heckroth
- Produced by: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Cast
- David Farrar as Sammy Rice
- Kathleen Byron as Susan
- Jack Hawkins as R.B. Waring
- Leslie Banks as Col. A. K. Holland
- Michael Gough as Capt. Dick Stuart
- Cyril Cusack as Cpl. Taylor
- Milton Rosmer as Prof. Mair
- Walter Fitzgerald as Brine
- Emrys Jones as Joe
- Michael Goodliffe as Till
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: Welsh, Czech, Norwegian, French, Polish, English
- Studios: London Films Productions, The Archers
- Budget: $240,000
- Box office: $135,000
- Themes: strong woman, bomb, self sacrifice, england, self-destruction, world war ii, alcoholism, alcoholic, roadside bomb, explosives expert
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