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Oh, Mr. Porter!
Why this pick
Arthur Askey’s comic timing again drives a ramshackle railway farce, with escalating mishaps, eccentric passengers and a brisk pre-war British music-hall spirit.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1941 1h 25m GBR
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It shares the confined railway setting, a playful mix of comic characters and mounting unease, while turning a strange train journey into nimble suspense.
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Why this pick
For the same daft, fast-moving British comedy energy: Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt make a rural mystery gloriously disorderly.
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The Ghost of St. Michael's
Why this pick
Will Hay’s wartime school comedy combines supposedly supernatural goings-on with espionage and broad farce, echoing The Ghost Train’s cheerful brush with the uncanny.
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Crook's Tour
Why this pick
Charters and Caldicott bring their deadpan teamwork to a wartime chase, retaining the genial British mystery-comedy tone and travel-bound complications.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Tommy Gander (Arthur Askey), a vaudeville comedian, pulls the Emergency brake (train)#United Kingdom on a Great Western Railway express train, bringing it to a stop so he can retrieve his hat. Returning to the train, he escapes an angry conductor by ducking into a compartment occupied by attractive blonde Jackie Winthrop (Carole Lynne), with whom Gander flirts. Another passenger, Teddy (Richard Murdoch), has his eye on Jackie as well, but her companion Richard Winthrop (Peter Murray-Hill) ejects both of them from the compartment.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Arthur Askey
Tommy Gander
Richard Murdoch
Teddy Deakin
Wallace Bosco
Ted Holmes
George Merritt
Inspector
Raymond Huntley
John Price