

Back-Room Boy
Film19421h 22m
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- Director
- Herbert Mason
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1942-04-15
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
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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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