

Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young loudmouth. Hilarious adventures ensue, including a locomotive chase after gunrunners make off with a train.
Directed by Marcel Varnel
User score
35 votes


Released
October 5, 1937
1h 25m
English

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
Mr. Leadbetter - Railway Official (uncredited)

Frederick Lloyd
Official at Ceremony

Beatrice Varley
Barney's Bar Landlady

Frank Atkinson
Irate Irishman in Barney's Bar
Wilson Coleman
Minister of Public Communications

Bryan Herbert
Express Train Guard
Harry Hutchinson
Signalman (uncredited)
Charles Rolfe
Express Train Driver (uncredited)