The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room

111 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Feb. 21, 1949

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.

The Small Back Room

111 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Feb. 21, 1949

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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers London Film Productions, The Archers
Original title The Small Back Room
Directors Archie Knowles, Jack N. Green, Sydney Streeter, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Writers Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Nigel Balchin

Cast

David Farrar

as Sammy Rice

Kathleen Byron

as Susan

Jack Hawkins

as R.B. Waring

Leslie Banks

as Col. A. K. Holland

Michael Gough

as Capt. Dick Stuart

Cyril Cusack

as Cpl. Taylor

Milton Rosmer

as Prof. Mair

Emrys Jones

as Joe

Renée Asherson

as A.T.S. corporal

Anthony Bushell

as Col. Strang

Henry Caine

as Sgt. Maj. Rose

James Dale

as Brigadier

Robert Morley

as The Minister

Sid James

as 'Knucksie' Moran

Sam Kydd

as Crowhurst

Geoffrey Keen

as Pinker

Roddy Hughes

as Welsh Doctor

Bryan Forbes

as Peterson

John Stratton

as Young Army Officer