Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937) (4K Upscaled) - Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt - British Comedy

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Please note before commenting, this is not true 4K which would be impossible without the original print, but has been digitally upscaled from 1080p.
A bungling railway worker (Will Hay) is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Northern Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer (Moore Marriott) and a portly young loudmouth (Graham Moffatt).
Director: Marcel Varnel
Producer: Edward Black
Writers: J. O. C. Orton, Marriott Edgar & Val Guest
Will Hay - William Porter
Moore Marriott - Jeremiah Harbottle
Graham Moffatt - Albert Brown
Percy Walsh - Superintendent
Dave O'Toole - Postman
Sebastian Smith - Mr Trimbletow
Agnes Lauchlan - Mrs Trimbletow
Dennis Wyndham - Grogan/One-Eyed Joe
Frederick Piper - Ledbetter
Frederick Lloyd - Minister
Frank Atkinson - Irishman in bar
Betty Jardine - Secretary
Production company: Gainsborough Pictures
Public Domain Mark 1.0

[@aldoa.a.a.6703]

Sunday afternoon will never be the same. Remember sitting down with my late Mum and Dad watching these great old time movies. Life was simple and movies where great .😢😢😢

[@ianmangham4570]

I watched these 3 all the time as a child in the 70s, absolutely awesome days 🇬🇧 😅

[@Cb-46]

Absolutely love Will Hay films 👌👍

[@peterwilliamhayes1403]

Absolute wonderful Sunday afternoon watching a Will Hay film😂😂

[@Terrier55Stepney]

Only rewatched this last week, then you come along with an even clearer version! Now I'll have to watch it again, poor me.

[@jamestrains66]

same here well done on 40.5k subs

[@caledonianrailway1233]

Great film and your new series is great

[@nicholasmcveigh9879]

This is the type of movie you could never remake , I don't know how to put it, but it was and still is a crap film, but it's that crap it's good in its self for the time, when people lived a simpler life than today, that's why you couldn't remake it, people wouldn't get it. A simple way of life..

[@treasaseoighe9001]

Yes indeed

[@sylvester-jb3lj]

Arnold Ridley (Godfrey from Dad's Army who wrote both the play and co-scripted the film) said this is where Dad's Army came from, and he always felt slighted that Perry and Croft NEVER acknowledged it.....the bumbling slightly incompetent captain (Mainwaring), the old codger (cpl Jones) and the lazy impertinent boy (walker - not pike)...watch how Hay acts and you can really see Mainwaring ! for those (like me) old enough to remember the interview was on 'Pebble Mill at One' !!! happy days !!

[@swanseamale47]

He also wrote the ghost train if I remember rightly. Another good film.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@swanseamale47 This film was loosely based on the the Ghost Train but was not written by Ridley. This was actually written by Orton, Edgar and Guest.

[@alananthonyhampson148]

Getting films mixed up ridley wrote the play the ghost train and sold the rights for a pittance. Oh Mr porter was not written by ridley at all. Sorry

[@jamesbowyer3578]

I watched oh mr porter as a kid with my dad in the 90’s! Brings back amazing memories of weekends that somehow seemed brighter and warmer than they probably were!!

[@daveyr7454]

Absolutely love ALL the Will Hay and company films, but this one has to be my favourite! Thank you.

[@neilspiers4317]

This was filmed on the old Alton to Basingstoke line. The station used was Cliddesden, just outside Basingstoke.

[@63mckenzie]

My father introduced me to Will Hay, Phil Silvers and The Marx Bros when I was a kid Decades later I still love them.

[@Alienalloy]

Bilco when they accidentally enlist a monkey is the greatest episode

[@63mckenzie]

@@Alienalloy Hilarious.

[@Woodworker1947]

Brillant update of one of my all time greats - its almost like it was shot on video! A big thank you to all concerned : )

[@Sam_Dabboi]

So glad to watch this absolute classic!

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Many years ago I bought the Will Hay box set. Love them all. 👍🏆🇬🇧

[@elvisburgerking8675]

1937 - some great stunt work and filming on location instead of a studio, long time since i last seen this movie.

[@paultaylor2388]

I have watched this many times and never tire of it. Spent many a nice winters evening watching with my Brother and Grandma.

[@elvispresley3340]

HA - I am sure I may have watched or listened as I worked (instead of music) to all of this mob's movies to probably more than 100 times over the years - I never get tired of these and also BASIL RATHBONE - NIGEL BRUCE - SHERLOCK HOLMES movies

[@frankrizla8665]

Love these films a more innocent time in British cinema

[@steves5172]

True simple comedy as it was, and still should be! No foul language, no smut, just clever.

[@gamingwithyassir6482]

RIP Gladstone. She was apparently not ready for another 90 years

[@marquonuk]

This is *probably* Will's best film and best individual performance. Nice picture and sound quality. :-)

[@brianmorrison9168]

My late father always used to say he loved the Will Hay movies as a kid and this was his favourite. I've watched it too, a few times, although not recently ... until tonight. Still pretty funny. The LNER train doesn't look like the LNER Azuma I was on, a couple of days ago.

[@grahamdawson-lg5mq]

These three made six amazing films. But this one is my best. No PC rubbish. Just pure entertainment.

[@peterfarrell1989]

that’s the telly viewing sorted for tonight thanks tom 👍

[@tichmebadthangz1483]

watche dthis 1 million times cheeeers for the uplaod

[@EnglishAddict]

Oh my! That fall at 3:05 looked painful.

[@jimwilson2139]

One of his best films

[@audreyelizabethmellor6805]

Clocks forward and back made so much sense to me 😂😂😂

[@alanhesketh9265]

Thanks Tom, You certainly haven't wasted your time.

[@kaibroeking9968]

The irony of having been given a station master's post at a station so remote, you have to take the bus to get within two miles of it and walk.

[@ukmud6218]

Imagine building a park and ride nobody can get too, ohh hang on we did that this year 😁, the world is an odd place

[@TiptreeJams]

I love this film for many reasons but the main reason is the windmill used for many of the scenes. It is Terling windmill (Essex, England). The village where I was born and grew up in the 1960s to 1980s. The windmill is still there today but minus it's sails and has a house built on its side.

[@BuggleskellyStation]

Check out my other video about the windmill and my model of it (from about 3 months ago). Also the Prodigy's Leeroy Thornhill lived there until about 10 years ago 🤣

[@robspalding819]

Great quality here. Love to see colourised too.

[@user-xz9dn2ub1x]

As to be one of the best comedy films ever made😊😮😊

[@user-vp1eq9oy5z]

😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤SUCH WONDERFULL ACTORS X ALL CLEAN FAMILY FUN.HAVE LOVED THESE FILMS SINCE A YOUNG GIRL .NOW 73 YRS YOUNG .BLESS YOU FOR TRANSPORTING ME BACK IN TIME. 😂😂😂😂😂.MORE PLEASE.❤❤❤❤

[@annstenson324]

British comedy at its finest even in black and white it’s still entertaining and funny

[@MissLouiseJane-db9hm]

I absolutely love old comedy films will hay Graham Moffitt

[@Alienalloy]

wow that took me back, an excellent watch in my man cave with a few drams of whisky!

[@claireseyeviewonredbubble]

Wonderful!🚂

[@margaretthatcherisdead.5793]

I love these old films.

[@robharris8844U]

FUN FACT: Hay was born in Stockton-on-Tees, UK which was also the birthplace of the Stockton to Darlington railway which was the WORLD'S FIRST LOCOMOTIVE RAILWAY BORN: 1825 -Hay was born 1888.

[@mikeh5431]

brilliant thanks

[@elvispresley3340]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU - the best quality I have seen. I watched WINDBAG THE SAILIER last night - whist laying in much needed hot bath to relive some pain - and now this tonight in such quality. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA

[@tysapienx8091]

This is awesome, I’ve only seen Ask a Policeman back in the 80’s when i was a teen and i loved it. I'm subscribed ✌🏻🇬🇧

[@swanseamale47]

This upscaling and AI or whatever is really impressive. This is a great film, and I'm a fan of Will. Many thanks for the time and effort This must take. Your work is appreciated my friend.

[@gr8witenorth61]

my dad would have loved this movie, so im dedicating this movie to him, he loved a good laugh and the brits were the best at it at that time. even if he was more into ace pilots and the like, he would have love the trains just as much, how you loved it dad..............❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@northdevonwildlifewithandy788]

My fave film. Thanks.

[@Senna-xi1gr]

A true legend Mr Hay. The old man is so funny as well. Your wasting your time! 🤣😂🤣😂🏆👍🏆

[@richardswiderski4985]

What can I say excellent movie was walking my dog when this came .Will look properly.. if the next trsin hasn't gone.😂😂

[@bertmurphy8096]

You're wasting your time..................

[@richardswiderski4985]

You waste yours I'll waste mine....I think.🤣🤣

[@gopalashetty3592]

Hi I subscribed your channel hopiing more and more British movies with 4K quality films.

[@user-oe6se8nk1l]

Get me another beer and I'll show you another trick

[@kevinhart3555]

Got mixed up. Thought this was The Ghost Train film with Arthur Askey. How could I have forgotten Will Hay!! 😂

[@Super8Rescue]

fabulous. I had a 200ft super8 mm condensed version of this when i was a kid. top ten movie without doubt

[@BuggleskellyStation]

I have a few Will Hay films on Super 8mm but nothing to play them on unfortunately

[@Vesper.-zh6sj]

Thankyou so much ..Never tire of Will and the gang ..Any chance of posting the Ghost of St Micheals .? Would love to see it again ..

[@jakobgrimminger]

Great film.

[@daviethistle6211]

Watchin it now! So primitive its brilliant! Fantastic movie. 🤘🏻🤣

[@davidwoodcock139]

I’ve got Will Hay box set I love ask a policeman

[@annette1838]

The Windmill scene was the best part, lol

[@The_NW_EngineYT]

It took me an equal amount of time to figure out the Tipperary joke as it was to get there.

[@splatten8597]

Excellent, thank you

[@myriaddsystems]

Superb quality upload

[@mrscenescof4747]

Love it.

[@railwaychristina3192]

Alton to Basingstoke via Cliddesden..ah what a lovely journey that must have been

[@neilspiers4317]

@@railwaychristina3192 The Viables roundabout in Basingstoke has a small section of track in it. You have to look down in the middle as the road is above. I can't remember all the stations but there are the remains of a platform which was used for the World renowned Lord Mayor Treloar orthopedic hospital ( now a large housing estate ). The line spurred of the main Alton to Winchester line ( now the preserved Watercress line ). I can't remember Alton to Basingstoke, before my time, but I used to enjoy the trip from Alton to New Milton via all the town and village stations to Winchester then Eastleigh, Southampton and New Milton. Good old days. 🤗🤗

[@kafkastrial8650]

Thankfuly no dreadful colouration !

[@sylvester-jb3lj]

and excellent 1080p print

[@favesongslist]

Yet soon AI will make good colouration , just like this awesome AI upscaling of this classic Will Hay film.

[@willevans429]

hilarious

[@johnathonwebster5720]

Check out that rail track it's weed free

[@truthtoad]

back when you could still drink on the job at 90 years of age! the good old days

[@Deano4322]

Those two actors take a real pearler of a fall of the platform at 3:06 .

[@BuggleskellyStation]

@Deano4322 there's moments like that throughout the film. In one scene Hay nearly got run over by Gladatone as the man tasked with warning him thought they'd finished filming. That was the take used in thr film. No such thing as health and safety then 😆

[@Deano4322]

@@BuggleskellyStationand budgets were tight , very few retakes

[@IanDOWSETT-yc5fx]

Classic stuff. Innocent joy.

[@darrenfry4695]

Oh funny film remember that funny!? When people laughed and giggled ??seems so strange nowadays where film just offer violence,sex ,killings etc..i feel sorry for the kids of today who've missed comedy like this and other great british comedy and american Saturday matinee"s i feel lucky ive got those funnies in my memory bank.lol.thank you for sharing this film.. cheer's..

[@phannaby2623]

Even better when you watch the utube videos on buggleskelly revisited.

[@unconventionalideas5683]

Oh Dr Beeching's opening theme was clearly a reference to this film's.

[@user-lr1gi3ex8q]

this was great AWESOME FUNNY

[@clivengauge]

What a great film something to make you laugh for a change 😂😂

[@thomasw.glasgow7449]

all the old comaday films from this era were great , the titfeild thunderbolt being one o ma faves , not forgetin the carry on movies plus St trinians Norman Wisdom etc , you would not be able ti call it that now though , to many busy bodies who like ti try an tell us how ti think but we can still have a good laugh at them , aye !

[@nigelkthomas9501]

This has the same theme as Oh Doctor Beeching! Brilliant!

[@BuggleskellyStation]

Yep, but they are both based on the original Music Hall Song 'Oh Mr Porter'

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@BuggleskellyStation This films title was taken from the Music Hall song and that is the the song that opens the credits of the film. The story itself is an adaptation of the Ghost Train story but it's been adapted to feature three men who work at the station as opposed to a group of passengers who get stranded at a haunted station.

[@KetchR]

I really liked the Napoleon/Moscow joke.

[@davependragon1]

There is NO WAY, that at 3:04 that fall off the platform was supossed to happen, they were not stunt people, it was an elderly man and woman who fell hard and far. Just the way it cuts after the fall shows this. I would love to see the whole take.

[@charlesflint9048]

A gem from a more innocent age.

[@anoulayramey4478]

Cooking with Graham Moffatt

[@anoulayramey4478]

Oh Mr. Porter (2000)

[@anoulayramey4478]

Lady The Lost Engine in T&KE Livery

[@geoffjoffy]

Still very funny after all these years.

[@damright]

Love this movie so much, would be very nice if it could be colourised ..

[@BuggleskellyStation]

Theres some bad AI colourised versions on KZbin but don't bother, the colours are so wrong I couldn't watch them.

[@lizlawrence4553]

Why would you colourise a classic, got to be something wrong with you if you want that.

[@gorge5412]

Plz colourize and do a slide-show video, mate, of the famous B & W photographs of famed Yankee photographer Ansel Adams. Adding colour would be a banger!

[@caledonianrailway1233]

@@lizlawrence4553why wouldn’t you? You could still see the black and white version if you don’t like it

[@brianthorburn4957]

Please do not colour this film , leave as is thanks

[@michealthomas]

"BRAVO" 👋👍.

[@grahamwoodhams6512]

Great thanks ❤

[@anoulayramey4478]

Sir Topham Hatt Phones Buggleskelly

[@Wench64]

Love watching old films, my husband swears and black & white again, but what I like is they don't show sex, or blood and gore, which I think this days put ideas in people's minds, everyone shows what they have got these days, so sad because women were taught to cover up and don't put everything on show because you had a certain name

[@RedJubilee]

It’s a wonder how Will Hay managed to learn how to pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch! It’s the longest name for a town in the world!

[@Golo1949]

No, theres a longer one in New Zealand.

[@RedJubilee]

@@Golo1949 what is it?

[@RedJubilee]

@@Golo1949 Just googled it. That’s a hill, not a town.

[@dale3852]

Oh yes baby

[@Golo1949]

Shades of The Ghost Train.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Alton to Basingstoke railway

[@TerryGirdler]

I worked at Basingstoke Stn for years. Used to despatch trains from platform 1a ( Salisbury) this was the departure platform for the Alton light railway.

[@Bodgemiester]

Watched this at 0.75 speed.much better😅

[@michaelwhiles5282]

Well, given issues with their recent locos......

[@stephenbarrett7064]

Great old movies back when they were comedians not like theses days

[@zerotoleranceforsataniceli4794]

Ps Great fun film with action !!

[@zerotoleranceforsataniceli4794]

32 min in Referring to the bunting - What's "relief for Mafeking " mean ? 😊 Ps think I've heard this mentioned in a Gerald Durrel book & and Round the Horne.

[@BuggleskellyStation]

The Seige of Mafeking took place during the Boer War (1901 from memory?), the joke being that's the last time Gladstone was decorated

[@zerotoleranceforsataniceli4794]

@@BuggleskellyStation Wow! Thank you !! I had googled it & found nothing ! However, I don't really get the joke & what is meant by the word "relief" In this context ? 😊

[@BuggleskellyStation]

@@zerotoleranceforsataniceli4794 it just means the celebration when the seige was over. The city of Mafeking was relieved.

[@zerotoleranceforsataniceli4794]

@@BuggleskellyStation 👍

[@Beaglington]

Is this going to be any better quality than my dvd?

[@BuggleskellyStation]

It's ripped from VHS then upscaled to 4K. Should be better than DVD

[@Beaglington]

@@BuggleskellyStation is there any way it could be properly 4k remastered?

[@BuggleskellyStation]

@Beaglington only with an original print. The BFI have one, and the National Railway Museum were funding a 2K restoration about 10 years ago but nothing seems to have come of it.

[@Beaglington]

@BuggleskellyStation is there any way we could get a 4k version with AI aided colourisation from an original print?

[@BuggleskellyStation]

​@@Beaglington I hope not. AI colourising is dreadful.

[@pitdog75]

Sis boom bah.

[@stevencurran7656]

Was this is first film

[@BuggleskellyStation]

@@stevencurran7656 no he'd made a few before this, starting in 1934. This was made in 1937.

[@AA-69]

Are you related... No ,but we date the same girl 🤣😂🤣😂well it got me

[@TheHandsomeman]

Not 4k though!

[@BuggleskellyStation]

Read the description...

[@doodemog]

Looks no different from vhs copy

[@BuggleskellyStation]

@@doodemog it's upscaled from a 1080p DVD copy (see description). You won't get any better without a scan of the original film.