Back Room Boy

Name: Back Room Boy
Director: Herbert Mason
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Released: 1942
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Cast: Arthur Askey, Googie Withers, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Vera Frances

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Comedy
Mystery

1942
Herbert Mason
82 mins
PG

Summary

Wartime comedy starring Arthur Askey, Googie Withers and Moore Marriott. A BBC employee is sent to work on a remote Scottish lighthouse and encounters Nazi spies.

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Review

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

David Parkinson

How many flag-waving British comedies during the Second World War rehashed the old "haunted house full of spies" plot? The year after Will Hay used the premise in The Ghost of St Michael's, his regular sidekicks Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott cropped up in this inferior version set on an Orkney island lighthouse, tailored for the talents of Arthur Askey. The main problem is the film's insistence on hammering home every gag, with Askey particularly at fault. There are compensations, however, notably the by-play between Moffatt and Marriott, and the performance of Googie Withers.

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6.2/10

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Cast

rolenameArthur PilbeamArthur AskeyBobbieGoogie WithersJerryMoore MarriottAlbertGraham MoffattJaneVera FrancesBettyJoyce HowardSteve MasonJohn SalewUncleGeorge Merritt (1)

Crew

rolenameDirectorHerbert Mason

Details

Theatrical distributor

General Film Dist Ltd

Released on

1942-04-17

Languages

English | German

Formats

Black and white