Film

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

1940 · 1h 15m · Comedy

IMDb

5.8

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. The film is one of many to be made based on the farce Charley's Aunt. Taking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.

Arthur Askey

Arthur Linden

Richard Murdoch

'Stinker' Burton

Graham Moffatt

Albert Brown

Moore Marriott

Jerry

J.H. Roberts

Dean of Bowgate

Felix Aylmer

The Proctor

Wally Patch

The Buller

Phyllis Calvert

Betty Forsythe

Jeanne De Casalis

Aunt Lucy

Elliott Mason

Dame Luckton

Donald Calthrop

Guide

Anthony Dawson

Student

Peggy Evans

Girl

Roddy Hughes

Butler

Mike Johnson

Cabby

Laurence Kitchin

Reginald Ingleby Cox

• Walter FordeDirector
• Edward BlackProducer
• R. E. DearingEditor

Release date

August 31, 1940

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 15m

Genres

Comedy