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Postman’s Knock (1962) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language
1962 · 88 mins · English
Directed by
Robert Lynn
Starring
Lance Percival, Spike Milligan, John Bennett, Ronald Adam, Barbara Shelley, John Wood

Country postman Harold Petts is reassigned from his village to London, where his arrival coincidentally thwarts a mail‑train robbery. Naïve to city life, he is mistakenly identified as a gang member by both the robbers and the police, each convinced he plans to rob the post office where he works and police suspect he aims to rob the post office.

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