Hour of glory is directed by michael powell and emeric pressburger with both adapting the screenplay from the nigel balchin novel.
The small back room 1948 full movie.
Audience reviews for the small back room sep 28 2018 perhaps a movie too adult for the movies this one involves the men who toil in secret to diffuse enemy science threats during ww2.
Find trailers reviews synopsis awards and cast information for the small back room 1949 michael powell emeric pressburger on allmovie in 1948 the archers the writing and hellip.
United kingdom 1948 106 mins uncredited close up.
It stars david farrar kathleen byron jack hawkins leslie banks and michael gough.
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.
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.
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The small back room was a p and p movie i have had on my radar for a while because of kathleen byron s starring role but on the whole the film just didn t come together like i wanted.
The small back room.
Directed by michael powell emeric pressburger.
As the germans drop explosive booby traps on britain in 1943 the embittered expert who ll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
Music is by brian easdale and cinematography by christopher challis.
The incomprehension with which arthur rank and his chief executive john davis received the red shoes spelled the end of the archers association with independent producers.