Movie: Postman's Knock

Top 10 Billed Cast

Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan

Harold Petts

Barbara Shelley
Barbara Shelley

Jean

John Wood
John Wood

P.C. Woods

Warren Mitchell
Warren Mitchell

Rupert

Archie Duncan
Archie Duncan

Inspector

Lance Percival
Lance Percival

Joe

Arthur Mullard
Arthur Mullard

Sam

John Bennett
John Bennett

Pete

Ronald Adam
Ronald Adam

Mr. Fordyce

Miles Malleson
Miles Malleson

Psychiatrist

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1962-02-22

  • Average

    4.3

  • Rating:

    2.1 starts
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    English
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