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The Small Back Room

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Original title

The Small Back Roomaka

AKA

Hour of Glory

Year

1949

Running time

106 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Screenwriter

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Novel: Nigel Balchin

Cast

Music

Brian Easdale

Cinematography

Christopher Challis (B&W)

Producer

The Archers, London Films. Distributor: British Lion Film Corporation

Genre

Drama. War | II World War. Romantic Drama. Alcoholism

Synopsis

Sammy Rice (David Farrar) is a British scientist working with a specialist "back room" team in London during World War II. Rice is embittered because he feels military scientific research is being incompetently managed. He is also enduring unremitting pain from his artificial foot. The painkillers he has been prescribed are ineffective, and his use of alcohol as an analgesic has led to his alcoholism. His girlfriend Susan (Kathleen Byron) puts up with his self-pitying, self-destructive behaviour as long as she can, but finally breaks up with him, telling him that he lacks the ambition to better himself.

Awards: 1949: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best British Film

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The Small Back Room

1949

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

6.7

(249)