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Back-Room Boy

  • 1942
  • 1h 22min
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6,2/10
328
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Back-Room Boy (1942)
ComédieMystère

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA lowly BBC employee pulls a prank at the studio and finds himself transferred to an isolated island where he is to set up a weather station at a lighthouse. As if in a fantasy, a ship carry... Tout lireA lowly BBC employee pulls a prank at the studio and finds himself transferred to an isolated island where he is to set up a weather station at a lighthouse. As if in a fantasy, a ship carrying a bevy of beautiful models is shipwrecked off the coast and the models wind up on the ... Tout lireA lowly BBC employee pulls a prank at the studio and finds himself transferred to an isolated island where he is to set up a weather station at a lighthouse. As if in a fantasy, a ship carrying a bevy of beautiful models is shipwrecked off the coast and the models wind up on the island. However, when the models begin disappearing, the "back-room boy" investigates and ... Tout lire

  • Réalisation
    • Herbert Mason
  • Scénario
    • J.O.C. Orton
    • Val Guest
    • Marriott Edgar
  • Casting principal
    • Arthur Askey
    • Moore Marriott
    • Graham Moffatt
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  • NOTE IMDb
    6,2/10
    328
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    • Réalisation
      • Herbert Mason
    • Scénario
      • J.O.C. Orton
      • Val Guest
      • Marriott Edgar
    • Casting principal
      • Arthur Askey
      • Moore Marriott
      • Graham Moffatt
    • 12avis d'utilisateurs
    • 3avis des critiques
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    Rôles principaux13

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    Arthur Askey
    Arthur Askey
    • Arthur Pilbeam
    Moore Marriott
    Moore Marriott
    • Jerry
    Graham Moffatt
    • Albert
    Googie Withers
    Googie Withers
    • Bobbie
    Vera Frances
    • Jane
    Joyce Howard
    Joyce Howard
    • Betty
    John Salew
    John Salew
    • Steve Mason
    George Merritt
    George Merritt
    • Uncle
    Eileen Bennett
    • Bit
    • (non crédité)
    Philip Friend
    Philip Friend
    • Damon Ravel
    • (non crédité)
    Aubrey Mallalieu
    Aubrey Mallalieu
    • West
    • (non crédité)
    Robert Rendel
    Robert Rendel
    • Captain of German Warship
    • (non crédité)
    D.J. Williams
    • McIntyre
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Herbert Mason
    • Scénario
      • J.O.C. Orton
      • Val Guest
      • Marriott Edgar
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    7hitchcockthelegend

    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 solitude whilst providing the meteorological bulletins. However, his peace is soon shattered when young Jane walks into his life, she stowed-away on his boat for she's searching for her uncle on a neighbouring island. Then Bobbie shows up after her boat was torpedoed, then another boat load of survivors, predominantly women, arrive. Arthur is beside himself, but worse is to come for all of a sudden they all start to disappear one by one. Could this be another Mary Celeste? Only in lighthouse form?

    Produced out of Gainsborough Pictures, this Askey vehicle is directed by Herbert Mason and co-written by Marriott Edgar, Val Guest & J.O.C. Orton. Starring alongside Askey are Googie Withers, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt and Vera Francis. Very much along the lines of another Guest/Edgar scripted piece, the classic Oh Mr Porter! this fun and breezy picture sees Askey restrained and the film be all the better for it. In truth it takes its time to get going, practically 40 minutes pass by before the additional characters start being introduced. Which means we are at the mercy of Askey and the delightful Vera Francis for much of the movie. But it works.

    Francis isn't an annoying child star, she has nice delivery and her role is so well scripted it keeps the film breezy. Her natural like presence appears to have a good effect on Askey, who is more relaxed and thus the comedy is more humanistic and real. Enter the support players, who somewhat understandably given the plot, aren't given much to do. Which is a shame because more of Withers, Marriott & Moffatt would obviously have been a bonus. But it is what it is and as the mystery element kicks in, and some sinister undertones sidle up next to the comedy, the lack of meat for the support characters' bones is easily forgiven. There's no real surprises come the finale, but one thinks nobody would be expecting that given the time of the film's release. So sit back and enjoy this fun mystery for it's one of the better Askey pictures. 7/10
    10bugsmoran29

    Fun in the Old Lighthouse

    Arthur Askey is at his best in this combination mystery and war propaganda. Arthur plays a weatherman who is sent to a stormy island lighthouse off the coast of Scotland. He is thankful for his solitude and his separation from the world of women. However, he soon finds himself surrounded by a young girl and a bevy of beautiful women. Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt show up on the island as well to help Askey provide the laugh. The guys and the gals are soon matching wits with the Nazis who are bent on setting up a mine field in the North Sea. Arthur Askey is a bit more restrained in this movie compared to other efforts and it works to his advantage.
    rjhbjpt

    Pleasant WW2 comedy

    After being jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam wants a job where he will encounter no women. He is sent to a lighthouse on a remote Scottish island which is being run as a meteoroligical station where he is supposed to be the only inhabitant. However, Jane, a young girl, has stowed-away on his boat. She is looking for her uncle on the neighbouring island. Then model Bobbie turns up - her boat has been torpedoed. With the arrival of another boatload of survivors, bringing the total occupancy of the island to 13, things are getting a little crowded. That's when they all start to disappear, one by one...
    6CinemaSerf

    Back-Room Boy

    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 time, though, it's not booze - but buxom beauties that find themselves stranded and he finds himself completely bamboozled. He is soon awakened from his delirium of delight though, when the girls start to disappear. What could be happening to them? He starts to investigate and soon finds himself embroiled in a devious Nazi plot that could alter the course of the whole war. It's maybe a bit too long - it certainly takes a while to get going, but once it's up and running it shows off the comic skills and timing of this consummate professional as he owns the screen with his smile and his antics. The story is a gentle reminder of what made us laugh at the height of the war and though entirely predictable is still quite a watchable effort with a couple of nice contributions from Googie Withers and Moore Marriott too.
    7Spondonman

    Doin' the Lambeff Tork

    This was Arthur Askey's fifth film (and sans Stinker), and in my opinion his last really good one - three flag wavers and many nothing's followed. It's also one of my favourite British WW2 comedy efforts, a jolly time-passing Hun-beater.

    At the BBC Arthur is responsible for transmitting on the hour every hour The Wireless Pips - wonder how many people believed it - but not surprisingly it wreaks havoc with his social life. Big, now a confirmed misogynist is posted to a lonely Scottish lighthouse where there are no women ... when he arrives. Never mind the photo of the topless woman, there's soon Googie and a gaggle of leggy and laughing lovelies for him to try and ignore too. With a plethora of spooky disappearances he's up against Jerry (and "Quislings") but doesn't know it until near the end - the audience would've guessed from the beginning they'd make a show. A refreshing extra dimension was added with Vera Francis, the "13 year old from Lambeff" - her world-weary and cynical comments still sound fresh and amusing even at this distance. Arthur and Vera made a good team, this one's worth watching just to see them spark.

    A pleasant outing for all concerned, sad to think it was all downhill afterwards.

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      Film debut of Vera Frances.
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      Arthur Pilbeam: I think I know what you are! You're a Quisling! Well, you're not going to Quizzle me!

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    • Date de sortie
      • 17 avril 1942 (Royaume-Uni)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Royaume-Uni
    • Langues
      • Anglais
      • Allemand
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Mannekängerna som försvann
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Gaumont-British Studios, Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(studio: made at Gaumont-British Studios, London.)
    • Sociétés de production
      • Gainsborough Pictures
      • Gaumont British Picture Corporation
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      1 heure 22 minutes
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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