Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
- Original title
- Oh, Mr. Porter!
- Directed by
- Marcel Varnel
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 33 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A bumbling station master is sent to run a remote and rundown railway depot. He and his two incompetent assistants must deal with a series of mishaps and a ghostly mystery.
playfulslapsticklight-heartedwhimsicalcomedicjauntyfarcicalcheerful
What happens
Oh, Mr Porter! is a 1937 British comedy film starring Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt and directed by Marcel Varnel. While not Hay's commercially most successful (although it grossed £500,000 at the box office – equal to about £34,000,000 at 2020 value), it is his best-known film to modern audiences. It is widely acclaimed as the best of Hay's work, and a classic of its genre. The film had its first public showing in November 1937 and went on general release on 3 January 1938. The plot of Oh, Mr Porter was loosely based on the Arnold Ridley play The Ghost Train. The title was taken from Oh! Mr Porter, a music hall song. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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