Comedy · United Kingdom · 1942 · 1h 22m

Back-Room Boy

Back-Room Boy poster
Director
Herbert Mason
Cast
Arthur Askey as Arthur Pilbeam Moore Marriott as Jerry Graham Moffatt as Albert Googie Withers as Bobbie Vera Frances as Jane Joyce Howard as Betty
Crew
Jack E. Cox — Director of Photography R. E. Dearing — Editor Hans May — Original Music Composer J.O.C. Orton — Screenplay Val Guest — Screenplay Marriott Edgar — Screenplay
Synopsis

Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ...

Mood & Themes
islandmermaidmetereologistlighthouseradiocursestormmodelrope bridgeweather reportship wrecked
Key Collaborators
Herbert Mason Director Jack E. Cox Director of Photography R. E. Dearing Editor Hans May Original Music Composer J.O.C. Orton Screenplay Val Guest Screenplay Marriott Edgar Screenplay Edward Black Producer
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