Film
Oh, Mr. Porter!
United Kingdom- Age rating
- U
- Director
- Marcel Varnel
- Year
- 1937
Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young loudmouth. Hilarious adventures ensue, including a locomotive chase after gunrunners make off with a train.
Top cast
Will Hay
William Porter
Moore Marriott
Jeremiah Harbottle
Graham Moffatt
Albert Brown
Percy Walsh
Superintendent
Dave O'Toole
Postman
Sebastian Smith
Mr. Trimbletow
Agnes Lauchlan
Mrs. Trimbletow
Dennis Wyndham
Grogan/One Eyed Joe
Frederick Piper
Mr. Leadbetter - Railway Official (uncredited)
Frederick Lloyd
Official at Ceremony
Beatrice Varley
Barney's Bar Landlady
Frank Atkinson
Irate Irishman in Barney's Bar
Wilson Coleman
Minister of Public Communications
Bryan Herbert
Express Train Guard
Harry Hutchinson
Signalman (uncredited)
Charles Rolfe
Express Train Driver (uncredited)
Directed by
Marcel Varnel
Written by
J.O.C. Orton, Val Guest, Marriott Edgar
