The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
81 audience votes
Key crew
- Emeric PressburgerWriter
- Brian EasdaleOriginal Music Composer
- Emeric PressburgerDirector
- Michael PowellWriter
- Michael PowellDirector
Cast
- David FarrarSammy Rice
- Kathleen ByronSusan
- Jack HawkinsR.B. Waring
- Leslie BanksCol. A. K. Holland
- Michael GoughCapt. Dick Stuart
- Cyril CusackCpl. Taylor
- Milton RosmerProf. Mair
- Walter FitzgeraldBrine
- Emrys JonesJoe
- Michael GoodliffeTill
- Renée AshersonA.T.S. corporal
- Anthony BushellCol. Strang
Stills
Themes
strong womanbombself sacrificeenglandself-destructionworld war iialcoholismalcoholicroadside bombexplosives expertmilitary weaponsbooby trap