Back-Room Boy
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| Back-Room Boy | |
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| Directed by | Herbert Mason |
| Written by | Marriott Edgar Val Guest |
| Starring | Arthur Askey Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt |
| Release date(s) | 1942 |
| Running time | 82 min. |
| Country | U.K. |
| Language | English |
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Back-Room Boy is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Herbert Mason.
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[edit] Plot outline
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Arthur Askey plays a young, absent-minded meteorologist (Arthur Pilbeam). He gets himself assigned to a remote Scottish lighthouse to avoid women, after he is jilted by his fiancée. He will be the only occupant of the island.
Then the island stats to fill up with stowaways and the survivors of a sinking boat. Things are crowded until the people start to disappear, one-by-one. Pilbeam has stumbled across a group of Nazi spies.
[edit] Cast
- Arthur Askey - Arthur Pilbeam
- Moore Marriott - Jerry
- Graham Moffatt - Albert
- Googie Withers - Bobbie
- Vera Francis - Jane
- Joyce Howard - Betty
- John Salew - Steve Mason
- George Merritt - Uncle
[edit] Details
- Screenplay – Marriott Edgar, Val Guest
- Length – 82 minutes
- Colour - Black & White
[edit] External link
Back-Room Boy at the Internet Movie Database
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