The Small Back Room
1949
111
minutes
Drama, Romance, War
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.
Language
English
Release Date
February 21, 1949
Cast
David Farrar
Sammy Rice
Kathleen Byron
Susan
Jack Hawkins
R.B. Waring
Leslie Banks
Col. A. K. Holland
Michael Gough
Capt. Dick Stuart
Cyril Cusack
Cpl. Taylor
Milton Rosmer
Prof. Mair
Walter Fitzgerald
Brine
Emrys Jones
Joe
Michael Goodliffe
Till
Renée Asherson
A.T.S. corporal
Anthony Bushell
Col. Strang
Henry Caine
Sgt. Maj. Rose
James Dale
Brigadier
Robert Morley
The Minister
Sid James
'Knucksie' Moran
Sam Kydd
Crowhurst
Geoffrey Keen
Pinker
June Elvin
Roddy Hughes
Welsh Doctor
Bryan Forbes
Peterson
Roderick Lovell
Elwyn Brook-Jones
James Carney
John Stratton
Young Army Officer
Show Full Crew
Directing
Emeric Pressburger
Director
Michael Powell
Director
Sydney Streeter
Assistant Director
Jack N. Green
Third Assistant Director
Archie Knowles
Second Assistant Director
Writing
Sound
Cyril Swern
Sound Editor
Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer
Alan Allen
Sound
Peter Meyers
Boom Operator
Peter Butcher
Boom Operator
Editing
Camera
Freddie Francis
Camera Operator
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
John von Kotze
Clapper Loader
Anthony Hopking
Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up
Production
Emeric Pressburger
Producer
Michael Powell
Producer
Anthony Bushell
Associate Producer
Jean Osborne
Publicist
Madeleine Godar
Casting
George R. Busby
Production Assistant
Art