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The Small Back Room (1949)

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At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal officer Sammy Rice must overcome his personal demons to defeat this new threat.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Michael Powell
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    Sammy Rice David Farrar
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    Susan Kathleen Byron
  • Profile picture of Jack Hawkins
    R.B. Waring Jack Hawkins
  • Profile picture of Leslie Banks
    Col. A. K. Holland Leslie Banks
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    Capt. Dick Stuart Michael Gough
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    Cpl. Taylor Cyril Cusack
  • Profile picture of Milton Rosmer
    Prof. Mair Milton Rosmer
  • Profile picture of Walter Fitzgerald
    Brine Walter Fitzgerald

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