The Small Back Room 1949 Imdb

With hugh williams hy hazell sidney james garry marsh.

The small back room 1949 imdb.

Sammy rice prevented by an artificial foot from military service in world war ii is instead a back room boy a life he finds frustrating in the extreme. The small back room. 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. A boffin with professor mair s research section painfully self conscious about his artificial foot sammy rice clings desperately to his relationship with susan secretary to mair s personnel chief waring as a shield against the impulse to drink to relieve the torment caused by the foot exacerbated because he refuses to remove it even when alone with susan.

With john gregson ursula howells david webb jack hedley. Clive riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife s lover. Directed by edward dmytryk. A murder mystery set in the newspaper industry.

It stars david farrar kathleen byron jack hawkins leslie banks and michael gough. A lot of the scenes involving sammy s drunkenness reminded me of the lost. Directed by roy ward baker. Music is by brian easdale and cinematography by christopher challis.

The small back room has glimmers of p and p s typical greatness especially when sammy s room transforms into a dali inspired set covered in ticking clocks while he waits for his girlfriend susan and tries to avoid the temptation of alcohol. 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. 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 rice david farrar who while struggling with a complex relationship with. With robert newton sally gray phil brown naunton wayne.