Oh, Mr Porter!
- 1938 film
The inept railway worker William Porter has been made station master in a small village in Northern Ireland. Starring Will Hay. Also features Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, Sebastian Smith, Agnes Lauchlan, Percy Walsh and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 1938
- Creator
- Frank Launder
- Stars
- Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, Sebastian Smith, Agnes Lauchlan, Percy Walsh, Dennis Wyndham and Dave O'Toole
- Writers
- J.O.C. Orton, Val Guest and Marriott Edgar
- Director
- Marcel Varnel
- Producer
- Edward Black
- Company
William Porter is an incompetent railway worker. However, due to some family connections, a suitable promotion has been found for him suitably far away.
Porter has been given the job of station master in Buggleskelly, a remote village on the border of Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State. Not only is the station very remote and thus hardly ever used, but the locals also believe the One-Eyed Joe the Miller haunts the line, so no-one will use it after dark.
That doesn't stop Porter getting his staff, Harbottle and Albert, from doing some work and trying to get some passengers to use the line, but why would the local football team need to travel with their own goalposts?
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Additional details
- UK certificate
- U
- Duration
- 81 minutes
- UK release
- Monday 3rd January 1938
- Distributors
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Black and white
Website links
- Will Hay Fansite
A fansite dedicated to the comic actor Will Hay. - IMDb
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Sunday 12th January 2020 at 7:20am on TPTV
- Sunday 29th September 2019 at 6:35am on TPTV
- Friday 27th September 2019 at 2:55am on TPTV