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7.7/10   755 votes
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Director:
Marcel Varnel
Writers:
Frank Launder (original story)
J.O.C. Orton (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1950 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
William Porter is working as a lowly wheel tapper on the English Railways until, through the influence of his downtrodden brother-in-law (who happens to be managing director of the railway company), he is offered the position of station master at the isolated station at Buggleskelly in Northern Ireland. Rather a poisoned chalice, as station masters as Buggleskelly have a reputation for going mad and not lasting all that long... Once in Buggleskelly, he hears the story of One-eyed-Joe (the phantom miller), meets his two station hands (the wily Harbottle and good-for-nothing Albert) and somehow has his train stolen by the Phantom Miller... Featuring some of the most inspired lines of pre-war cinema ("next trains gone","I'm their centre forward","If I can't be Gladstone, I'm not playing","You're wasting your time","Everything around here is either too old or won't work - and you're both!"...watch how Porter sniffs and bumbles through life! full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Will Hay ... William Porter
Moore Marriott ... Jeremiah Harbottle
Graham Moffatt ... Albert Brown
Sebastian Smith ... Charles Trimbletow
Agnes Lauchlan ... Mrs Trimbletow
Percy Walsh ... Superintendent
Dennis Wyndham ... Grogan
Dave O'Toole ... The Postman
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (British Acoustic Film Full Range Recording System)
Certification:
UK:U
Filming Locations:
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK more
Company:
Gainsborough Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The railway going through Buggleskelly was actually the old Basingstoke to Alton line in Hampshire which closed in 1932. more
Quotes:
Jeremiah Harbottle: Next train's gone! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Brides of Dracula (1960) more

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32 out of 33 people found the following review useful.
The pleasure this film has given me, 12 July 2003
10/10
Author: bill758 from felixstowe suffolk england

I saw this film in 1937 when I was 10. I am now 76 and can remember almost the entire plot. I would list this amongst my top 10 films together with The Quiet Man, Dr. Strangelove, Random Harvest and a few others including The Grapes of Wrath.

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