Apr 15, 1942
82 min
Full-HD

Back-Room Boy (1942)

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 ...

Category

Comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Gainsborough Pictures

Arthur Askey

Arthur Pilbeam

Moore Marriott

Jerry

Graham Moffatt

Albert

Googie Withers

Bobbie

Vera Frances

Jane

Joyce Howard

Betty

John Salew

Steve Mason

George Merritt

Uncle

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