Back-Room Boy
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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 ...
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Arthur Askey
Arthur Pilbeam
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Moore Marriott
Jerry
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Graham Moffatt
Albert
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Googie Withers
Bobbie
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Vera Frances
Jane
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Joyce Howard
Betty
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John Salew
Steve Mason
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George Merritt
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Eileen Bennett
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Philip Friend
Damon Ravel
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Aubrey Mallalieu
West
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D.J. Williams
McIntyre
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Scrooge
Herbert Mason Director · Val Guest Screenplay J.O.C. Orton Screenplay
First release April 15, 1942 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Gainsborough Pictures
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 15, 1942
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Sweden
February 10, 1947 · Theatrical
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