Back-Room Boy

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Play Time: 82 mins
Comedy
Back-Room Boy

Overview:
Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ...

Status: Released (1942-04-15)
Screen:J.O.C. Orton, Val Guest, Marriott Edgar
Productions: Gainsborough Pictures
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
Back-Room Boy
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John Chard

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Lumee! More Women. Arthur Askey plays Arthur Pilbeam, who after recently being jilted by his fiancé swears off women and seeks employment away from them. He lands a post at a remote lighthouse on one of the Scotish Isles, here he thinks he's finally cracked it and can enjoy solitu ....

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CinemaSerf

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This is quite a fun outing for Arthur Askey. He is transferred from the BBC in London to a lonely lighthouse to set up a weather station. Needless to say, it's wet, windy and downright dreich in his new home. Then in the best traditions of "Whisky Galore" there is shipwreck. This tim ....

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