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

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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