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The Small Back Room(Movie, 1949)

1h 46min | Genres: War, Drama, Thriller, Romance / Love
The Small Back RoomRating: 3.3/5 (with 2424 votes)
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. The theme is the unsung heroes of the last war, the 'backroom boys', gradually coming into their own. ()
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About The Small Back Room

At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Sammy Rice, a highly-skilled but haunted bomb-disposal officer, must overcome his personal demons to defeat this new threat.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: London
Based on: "The Small Back Room" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 9 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 02/23/1952 (World premiere: 02/21/1949)
Producer: Michael Powell
Screenwriter: Michael Powell
Director of Photography: Christopher Challis
Composer: Brian Easdale
Production Designer: Hein Heckroth
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"I ragazzi del retrobottega"
"Hour Of Glory"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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