The Small Back Room
Year:
1949
Production Country:
Great Britain
Directed by Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger
Featuring David Farrar / Kathleen Byron / Jack Hawkins
Featuring David Farrar / Kathleen Byron / Jack Hawkins
A research scientist achieves the heights of bravery after intense depression with a deformed foot and a quarrel by dismantling a complicated unexploded bomb.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Sammy Rice David Farrar
- Susan Kathleen Byron
- R.B. Waring Jack Hawkins
- Colonel A.K. Holland Leslie Banks
- Captain Stuart Michael Gough
- Corporal Taylor Cyril Cusack
- Professor Mair Milton Rosmer
- Brine Walter Fitzgerald
- Joe Emrys Jones
- Till Michael Goodliffe
- ATS corporal Renée Asherson
- Colonel Strang Anthony Bushell
- Sergeant-Major Rose Henry Caine
- Gladwin Elwyn Brook-Jones
- brigadier James Dale
- Crowhurst Sam Kydd
- Gillian June Elvin
- Norval David Hutcheson
- Knucksie Sidney James
- Pearson Roderick Lovell
- Sergeant Groves James Carney
- Welsh doctor Roddy Hughes
- Pinker Geoffrey Keen
- Petersen, dying gunner Bryan Forbes
- Minister Robert Morley
- [gunnery officer] Michael Powell
Credits
Direction
- Director Michael Powell
- Director Emeric Pressburger
- Assistant Director Sydney S. Streeter
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] Archie Knowles
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Jack Green
- Continuity Doreen North
Production
- Production Company Archers Film Productions
- Production Company London Film Productions
- [Production Company] British Lion Film Corporation
- Producer Michael Powell
- Producer Emeric Pressburger
- Assistant Producer George R. Busby
- [Associate Producer] Anthony Bushell
- [Production Assistant] Charles Orme
- [Production Secretary] Gwladys Jenks
- [Production Department Secretary] Marjorie Mein
- [Studio] Worton Hall Studios
Casting
- [Casting] Madeleine Godar
Writing
- Written by Michael Powell
- Written by Emeric Pressburger
- Based on the novel by Nigel Balchin
Photography
- Director of Photography Christopher Challis
- Camera Operator Freddie Francis
- [Focus Puller] Will Lee
- [Clapper Loader] John von Kotze
Stills
- [Stills] Anthony Hopking
Editing
- Supervising Editor Reginald Mills
- Editor Cliff Turner
- [Assistant Cutter] Tom Simpson
- [Junior Cutter] Frankie Taylor
- Assistant Editor Derek Armstrong
Design
- Production Designer Hein Heckroth
- Art Director John Hoesli
- [Assistant Art Director] Ivor Beddoes
- [Set Dresser] Dario Simoni
- [Chief Draughtsman] Wallis Smith
- [Draughtsman] Ted Clements
- [Draughtsman] Harry Pottle
- [Junior Draughtsman] Pat Sladden
- [Junior Draughtsman] Peter Childs
- [Production Buyer] Charles Townsend
Costumes
- Dress Designer Josephine Boss
- [Wardrobe Master] Jack Dalmayne
- [Wardrobe Assistant] Arthur Skinner
- [Wardrobe Assistant] May Walding
Make-up
- [Make-up Supervisor] Dorrie Hamilton
- [Make-up Assistant] Peter Evans
- [Hairdresser] Constance Pyne
- [Assistant Hairdresser] Iris Tilley
Music
- Incidental Music Brian Easdale
- Night Club Scene Music Ted Heath's Kenny Baker Swing Group
- Night Club Scene Music Fred Lewis
Sound
- sd Alan Allen
- [Sound Maintenance] George Stephenson
- [Boom Operator] Peter Butcher
- [Assistant Boom Operator] Peter Meyers
- Dubbing W.H.O. Sweeny
- [Sound Editor] Cyril Swern
Publicity
- [Publicity] Vivienne Knight
- [Publicity Assistant] Jean Osborne
