“The Small Back Room” is a World War II drama, Written and Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, from the Novel’s by Nigel Balchin.
The film is sometimes known as Hour of Glory and
tells the story of bomb disposal during World War II and is in essence a tale
of redemption.
The Germans have begun to drop a new terror weapon,
explosive booby-traps, and Sammy Rice (David Farrar) is tasked with learning
how to disarm the deadly devices, along with Capt. Dick Stuart
(Michael Gough), but first they have to get their hands on one intact.
Sammy also has to beat his private battle with
alcohol, his form of self medication due to the loss of one of his feet.
In addition there is his relationship with Susan
(Kathleen Byron) which is sexually charged, but heart achingly poignant.
It’s a superbly mounted drama dripping with realism
and infused with atmospheric black and white photography.
Co stars Jack Hawkins, Leslie Banks, Cyril Cusack, Milton Rosmer, Robert Morley
and Sidney James help to make this terribly underrated movie.
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