

The Small Back Room
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $240K
- Box office
- $135K
- Language
- Welsh
- strong woman
- bomb
- self sacrifice
- england
- self-destruction
- world war ii
- alcoholism
- alcoholic
- roadside bomb
- explosives expert
- military weapons
- booby trap
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United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical23 Feb 1952
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon21 Jan 1949
- TheatricalPG21 Feb 1949
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical (limited)Melbourne International Film Festival25 Aug 2024
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The Small Back Room was released on 21 February 1949.
Audience reviews
1- J8/10
John Chard
7/2/2015
I must have a drink. Ask me to have a drink woman. The Small Back Room (AKA: Hour of Glory) is directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, with both adapting the screenplay from the Nigel Balchin novel. It stars David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Leslie Banks and Michael Gough. Music is by Brian Easdale and cinematography by Christopher Challis. As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps across c…
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