The small back room [1949] : continuity script / [screenplay by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger ; novel by Nigel Balchin]
Sammy Rice was the army's finest bomb disposal officer until he was injured in the war and left with a false foot. Now part of a specialist back room team, he dismantles the booby-trapped devices being dropped by Nazi bombers. However, embittered by life, he feels like a failure. Haunted by the...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Other title: | Hour of glory. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, England :
Studio Canal,
2015.
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| Summary: | Sammy Rice was the army's finest bomb disposal officer until he was injured in the war and left with a false foot. Now part of a specialist back room team, he dismantles the booby-trapped devices being dropped by Nazi bombers. However, embittered by life, he feels like a failure. Haunted by the past, he drowns his sorrows in whiskey. His life is descending into disarray when the news comes; a bomb has been discovered. Faced with the biggest challenge of his career, can Sammy find redemption? |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed April 06, 2016) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (60 pages) |
| Language: | In English. |