Back-Room Boy

April. 15,1942      
Rating:
6.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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 ...

Arthur Askey as  Arthur Pilbeam
Moore Marriott as  Jerry
Graham Moffatt as  Albert
Googie Withers as  Bobbie
Joyce Howard as  Betty
John Salew as  Steve Mason
George Merritt as  Uncle
Eileen Bennett as  Bit Player
Philip Friend as  Damon Ravel
Aubrey Mallalieu as  West

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