Back-Room Boy

(10)

4/15/1942

1h 22min

Comedy

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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 ...

Director

Herbert Mason

Screenplay

Val Guest

Screenplay

Marriott Edgar

Screenplay

J.O.C. Orton

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Original Language
English
Homepage

Arthur Askey

Arthur Pilbeam

Moore Marriott

Jerry

Graham Moffatt

Albert

Googie Withers

Bobbie

Vera Frances

Jane

Joyce Howard

Betty

John Salew

Steve Mason

George Merritt

Uncle

Eileen Bennett

Bit Player

Philip Friend

Damon Ravel

Aubrey Mallalieu

West

D.J. Williams

McIntyre

John Chard 5/3/2014

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 o ...Show More

CinemaSerf 4/1/2023

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 n ...Show More