Here comes Christmas, lets get chilled out and some time off with repeats on the telly !
oh,,If I p...
Here comes Christmas, lets get chilled out and some time off with repeats on the telly !
oh,,If I promise to come back with an 'E', THEN REMIND ME !!, I will not be offended.Greg
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OH MR PORTER ================= Director: Marcel Varnel Writers: Frank Launder and J.O.C. Orton Starring Moore marriott and graham moffatt
The film starts with Will as a wheel tapper at the local train station, and he is asked "why he taps wheels" to which he replies "if theres a clang the wheels there, if theres no clang the trains left"!
He has had every job there is, and he's useless at them all. So his sister threatens her husband that he will have to come and live with THEM if he's not found a suitable job. His brother in law, fearing hell never ever have a sock to call his own again, finds Will a job as a station master at Buggleskelly in Northern Ireland.
Will finally arrives at Buggleskelly and here he meets his 2 long standing comedic friends albert and Jeremiah Harbottle. There are various funnies along the way but basically the plot from here is, a ghost (not really) called 1 eyed Joe, gangsters gunrunning and Will hiring them a train because he thinks they're playing a football match. The train goes into tunnel but doesn't come out the otherside. upon invetigation the 3 friends find the gun runners and end up stealling the gun laden train along with the gun runners inside. They hilariously throw a bottle from the speeding train through a passing signal mans window alerting the police. The heros eventually crash into a station bad guys and all, where the police are waiting to arrest the gun runners.
A super film that delivers the laughs, you will not be disappointed.
This film stands head and shoulders above others Will did with his 2 hapless cohorts, Moore marriott and graham moffatt. Indeed when he went on to make films without them, the films 'bombed'.
I suppose i am an old comedy fan, it was always honest simple and mostly unoffensive comedy.
There are no extras with this dvd, just chapter selection. the quality however is perfect.
Greg.
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There is something in the saying the old ones are the best, Very good review.
thereddragon 15.01.2009 12:19
I do like a lot of these silly and wacky old comedies - they were genuinely funny without having to use loads of swearing to get a laugh (though I do like comedies with loads of swearing as well!). Good review.
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Groucho Marx--andOh, Mr Porter!, one of his finest vehicles, finds him congenially teamed with sidekicks Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt in one of the British cine...
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