Postman's Knock

Comedy
4.3

Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Innocent in the ways of the big city, he is thought to be a member of another gang by both the train robbers and the police, who all suspect him of trying to rob the post office where he works.

Cast

Spike Milligan
Harold Petts
Barbara Shelley
Jean
John Wood
P.C. Woods
Warren Mitchell
Rupert
Archie Duncan
Inspector
Lance Percival
Joe
Arthur Mullard
Sam
John Bennett
Pete
Ronald Adam
Mr. Fordyce
Miles Malleson
Psychiatrist
Wilfrid Lawson
Postman
Mario Fabrizi
Villager
Bob Todd
District Superintendent

Crew

Robert Lynn
Director
John Briley
Screenplay
Jack Trevor Story
Screenplay, Story
Geoffrey Foot
Editor
Gerald Moss
Cinematography
Ronald Kinnoch
Producer
Ron Goodwin
Music

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