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Oh, Mr Porter!. William Porter (Will Hay). Copyright: Gainsborough Pictures 1928 Limited
Oh, Mr Porter!

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.

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Oh, Mr Porter!. Copyright: Gainsborough Pictures 1928 Limited

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

General Film Distributors

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Black and white

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
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