Will Hay - Oh Mr Porter
For 20 years the railway Superintendent has wanted to fire the bungling William Porter, but as Porter is related to the Managing Director, he does not dare. When Porter is appointed to Buggleskelly, a near-derelict station in Ireland, he organises an early morning excursion train for a sinister one-eyed man. Could something .. Read more
| Starring | Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, Googie Withers |
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| Director | Marcel Varnel |
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Will Hay - Oh Mr Porter
For 20 years the railway Superintendent has wanted to fire the bungling William Porter, but as Porter is related to the Managing Director, he does not dare. When Porter is appointed to Buggleskelly, a near-derelict station in Ireland, he organises an early morning excursion train for a sinister one-eyed man. Could something mysterious be afoot at the rural station?
| Starring | Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, Googie Withers, Sebastian Smith |
|---|---|
| Director | Marcel Varnel |
| Studio | CARLTON VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT LTD |
| Certificate | |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 16 Jun 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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The Next Train`s Gone.
Will and his useless staff get involved in gun running in Ireland.Not intentionally of course.I`m old enough to appreciate Will Hay and his pompous antics and find them funny.I don`t think it will appeal to younger people though.
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Will Hay meets the I.R.A.
'Oh Mr Porter' shows Will Hay at the height of his comic skills. When William Porter's sister insists that her railway-boss husband find a decent job for her brother, our Will is promoted to station master at a rural station on the Irish border. Here he finds that station staff Albert (Graham Moffat) and Harbottle (Moore Marriott) haven't been paid for years and are living off the land, growing tomatoes in the signal box and assisting farm livestock travelling on the railway to 'get off at the wrong station' (and be eaten). The level-crossing gates are permanently locked and trains only stop at the station on Tuesdays. Mr Porter, determined to make something of his little kingdom, decides to attract passengers by running an excursion. But his excursion train is taken over by gun-running I.R.A. men ... An hilarious battle in a speeding train leads up to an explosive finish. Although it is nearly seventy years old and in black & white, this is a very funny film. My young son loved it (although the scene where Will Hay meets the I.R.A. leader in the pub may be too frightening for young children). The film is a must for railway fans, opening with a shot of the LNER's beautiful streamlined steam locomotive 'Silver Link', and featuring many shots of steam engines and details of railway life in the not-so-good old days. (P.S. the theme song for this film is based on an old music-hall song: 'Oh, Mr Porter, what shall I do?/ I wanted to go to Birmingham and they've taken me on to Crewe!/ Get me back to London as quickly as you can,/ Oh, Mr Porter, what a silly girl I am!' The frustrated cry of the confused railway passenger is still as loud today as it was a century ago!)
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Will Hay - Oh Mr Porter
For 20 years the railway Superintendent has wanted to fire the bungling William Porter, but as Porter is related to the Managing Director, he does not dare. When Porter is appointed to Buggleskelly, a near-derelict station in Ireland, he organises an early morning excursion train for a sinister one-...
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