The Small Back Room
Feb 21 1949
•2h 46m
•Drama, War, Romance
At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal officer Sammy Rice must overcome his personal demons to defeat this new threat.
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David Farrar
Sammy Rice
Kathleen Byron
Susan
Jack Hawkins
R.B. Waring
Leslie Banks
Col. A. K. Holland
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