The Small Back Room 1949 Imdb

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.

The small back room 1949 imdb. With john gregson ursula howells david webb jack hedley. With hugh williams hy hazell sidney james garry marsh. The small back room is a film directed by michael powell emeric pressburger with david farrar kathleen byron jack hawkins leslie banks. The small back room.

The small back room. As the germans drop explosive booby traps on britain in 1943 the embittered expert who ll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol. 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. A murder mystery set in the newspaper industry.

Directed by michael powell emeric pressburger. At the height of world war ii the germans begin dropping a new type of booby trapped bomb on england. With david farrar jack hawkins kathleen byron leslie banks. Rice is embittered because he feels military scientific research is.

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. Sammy rice david farrar is a british scientist working with a specialist back room team in london during world war ii. 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. Directed by roy ward baker.

The small back room is a 1949 english film stars david farrar michael powell emeric pressburger nigel balchin michael powell emeric pressburger brian easdale christopher challis clifford turner kathleen byron jack hawkins leslie banks michael gough cyril cusack milton rosmer walter fitzgerald emrys jones michael goodliffe renée asherson.