The Small Back Room
1949
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 England, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol. Read more
| Starring | Michael Gough, Henry Caine, Milton Rosmer, Cyril Cusack |
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| Director | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Small Back Room
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 England, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
| Starring | Michael Gough, Henry Caine, Milton Rosmer, Cyril Cusack |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Apr 2009 Production year: 1949 |
| Format | DVD |
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The backroom boys
This edgy boffin film by Powell and Pressburger was made in 1949 with a fairly starry cast (Jack Hawkins, Cyril Cusack, Renee Asherson, etc) in support roles. The leads were the relatively unknown (now) David Farrar and Kathleen Byron, who had worked together in Black Narcissus. Although there is a very tense upper lip bomb disposal at the end, the thrust of the film is around the different agendas of politicians, business-men and soldiers. There is also considerable focus on the havoc played by long nights of work on the private lives of those involved. Well worth watching.
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