The Small Back Room
1949 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Small Back Room (U.S. title: Hour of Glory) is a 1949 film by the British producer-writer-director team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring David Farrar and Kathleen Byron and featuring Jack Hawkins and Cyril Cusack.[3] It was based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Nigel Balchin.
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The Small Back Room | |
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Directed by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
Written by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
Based on | The Small Back Room by Nigel Balchin |
Produced by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
Starring | David Farrar Kathleen Byron Jack Hawkins Leslie Banks Cyril Cusack |
Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
Edited by | Clifford Turner |
Music by | Brian Easdale |
Distributed by | British Lion Films |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £232,972[1] |
Box office | £129,732 (UK)[2] |
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The theme is the unsung heroes of the last war, the 'backroom boys', gradually coming into their own.[4]