The Small Back Room (1949) on Netflix
Approved19491h 46mDramaRomanceThrillerWar
1943. Sammy Rice, in pain from a prosthetic foot, fights an urge to drink while evaluating weapons for Professor Mair's research section. Captain Stuart draws him into a new German booby trap.
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Sammy Rice is a scientist with Professor Mair's Research Section, a London back room team that tests new weapons in wartime, and he is in constant pain from a prosthetic foot. Susan, a secretary in the department, is his girlfriend. Rice's past includes bomb disposal work, and Captain Stuart draws him into a confidential job: working out the secret of a new German booby trap. Four have been found, all of them exploded, and three of the explosions killed children. Sammy agrees with Colonel Holland that a new anti-tank gun is not ready.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Small Back Room (1949)
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- Michael Powell acknowledged in his autobiography, A Life in Movies, that German expressionist films such as Nosferatu (1922) influenced him in making The Small Back Room.
