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The Small Back Room (U.S. title: 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, the boffin of "The Small Back Room", is struggling with alcoholism and the mental as well as the physical pain of coping with an artificial foot when he is called upon to discover the way to dismantle one of several booby-trap explosive devices dropped by the Germans over Britain in 1943.
Deftly mixing suspense and romance, The Small Back Room is an atmospheric, post–World War II gem. 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.
Apr 29, 2024 · 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: David Farrar, Jack Hawkins, Kathleen Byron. Contains: Adult Themes, Some Violence. Addeddate.
Army captain Dick Stuart (Michael Gough) drafts him into a secret project concerning a new small land mine that German planes have been dropping over England's beaches.
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Currently you are able to watch "The Small Back Room" streaming on Criterion Channel. It is also possible to buy "The Small Back Room" on Fandango At Home as download or rent it on Fandango At Home online.
In London, bomb disposal expert David Farrar (BLACK NARCISSUS), part of a WWII “back room” team and embittered by a prosthetic leg, battles the bottle (visualized with a tour de force German Expressionism-inspired delirium fantasy sequence) while struggling with his bosses — including British cinema stalwart Jack Hawkins (LAWRENCE OF ...
