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Back-Room Boy (1942)
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10 February 1947 (Sweden)
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Doin' the Lambeff Tork
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(Credited cast) | Arthur Askey | ... | Arthur Pilbeam |
| Moore Marriott | ... | Jerry |
| Graham Moffatt | ... | Albert Brown |
| Googie Withers | ... | Bobbie |
| Vera Frances | ... | Jane |
| Joyce Howard | ... | Betty |
| John Salew | ... | Steve Mason |
| George Merritt | ... | Uncle |
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| Aubrey Mallalieu | ... | West |
| D.J. Williams | ... | McIntyre |
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Featured in The Filth and the Fury (2000)
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This was Arthur Askey's fifth film (and sans Stinker), and in my opinion his last really good one - three flag wavers and many nothing's followed. It's also one of my favourite British WW2 comedy efforts, a jolly time-passing Hun-beater.
At the BBC Arthur is responsible for transmitting on the hour every hour The Wireless Pips - wonder how many people believed it - but not surprisingly it wreaks havoc with his social life. Big, now a confirmed misogynist is posted to a lonely Scottish lighthouse where there are no women ... when he arrives. Never mind the photo of the topless woman, there's soon Googie and a gaggle of leggy and laughing lovelies for him to try and ignore too. With a plethora of spooky disappearances he's up against Jerry (and "Quislings") but doesn't know it until near the end - the audience would've guessed from the beginning they'd make a show. A refreshing extra dimension was added with Vera Francis, the "13 year old from Lambeff" - her world-weary and cynical comments still sound fresh and amusing even at this distance. Arthur and Vera made a good team, this one's worth watching just to see them spark.
A pleasant outing for all concerned, sad to think it was all downhill afterwards.