Back-Room Boy
  • Title: Back-Room Boy
  • Original Title: Back-Room Boy
  • Release Date: 15/04/1942
  • Duration:82 Min / 01:22
  • Country:GB
  • Genre:Comedy

About Film

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 ...

Movie Rating: 6.4

Total Votes: 10

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John Chard
John Chard
7/10
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...
Geronimo1967
Geronimo1967
6/10
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...