"Oh, Mr. Porter" is one of several very good comedies that Will Hay made with fellow British actors Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. The fast-talking Hay is William Porter, newly appointed rail station master of Buggleskelly, Ireland. Marriott plays Jeremiah Harbottle, assistant station master; and Moffatt plays Albert, a railway clerk and gopher for the station.
This is wonderful classic British comedy. Hay's Porter leads his cohorts and others on a romp on the rails. The incompetent Porter had been sent to the remote small station where, it was thought; he could be out of the way and do no harm. Instead, he puts Buggleskelly on the map and becomes a hero after leading to the capture of gun runners.
I think the gun-running aspect is interesting, since there is no mention of the I.R.A. This was a time of internal hostilities in Ireland with the Irish Republican Army (I.R.A.) underground.
This is wonderful classic British comedy. Hay's Porter leads his cohorts and others on a romp on the rails. The incompetent Porter had been sent to the remote small station where, it was thought; he could be out of the way and do no harm. Instead, he puts Buggleskelly on the map and becomes a hero after leading to the capture of gun runners.
I think the gun-running aspect is interesting, since there is no mention of the I.R.A. This was a time of internal hostilities in Ireland with the Irish Republican Army (I.R.A.) underground.