Double Bill - Oh, Mr. Porter! and Convict 99 Will Hay is one of the greatest British comedians of all time and his misanthropic antics have inspired many great funny men. A major star of the 1930's, he relished playing pompous, incompetent authority figures. Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937) Through the influence of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster the sleepy Irish station of Buggleskelly. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put Buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of gun runners. Runtime: 85 min Country: UK Language: English Color: Black and White Sound Mix: Mono (British Acoustic) Certification: UK:U Convict 99 (1939) A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings. Runtime: 91 min Country: UK Language: English Color: Black and White Sound Mix: Mono (British Acoustic) Certification: UK:A (original rating) / UK:U (video rating)
