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 ...
Back-Room Boy is of 1 hour(s) and 22 minute(s). It is Produced By: Gainsborough Pictures. It was released on 1942-04-15. It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
Genres: Comedy
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