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Postman's Knock

4.91962MovieComedy

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…

DirectorRobert Lynn
WritersJohn Briley·Jack Trevor Story
ProducerRonald Kinnoch

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Cast · Directed by Robert Lynn

SMSpike Milligan
Spike Milligan
Harold Petts
BSBarbara Shelley
Barbara Shelley
Jean
JWJohn Wood
John Wood
P.C. Woods
WMWarren Mitchell
Warren Mitchell
Rupert
ADArchie Duncan
Archie Duncan
Inspector
LPLance Percival
Lance Percival
Joe
AMArthur Mullard
Arthur Mullard
Sam
JBJohn Bennett
John Bennett
Pete
RARonald Adam
Ronald Adam
Mr. Fordyce
MM
Miles Malleson
Psychiatrist
WLWilfrid Lawson
Wilfrid Lawson
Postman
MFMario Fabrizi
Mario Fabrizi
Villager

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Postman's Knock hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around April 12, 1962. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.