Film
Old Mother Riley Detective
1943 · 1h 20m · Comedy
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Overview
A night watchman is being bludgeoned, as a safe is cracked open in the offices of the District Food Controller. A list of wartime foods to be rationed is stolen, and the police fear gangsters are planning to sell the foods on the black market. As the office charwoman, Old Mother Riley's fingerprints are all over the safe, and she becomes the police's number one suspect. To prove her innocence, Mother Riley turns detective, adopting various methods and disguises to track down the villains.
Cast
Arthur Lucan
Old Mother Riley
Kitty McShane
Kitty Riley
Ivan Brandt
Inspector Victor Cole
Owen Reynolds
Kenworthy
George Street
Inspector Moresby
Johnnie Schofield
P.C. Jimmy Green
Hal Gordon
Bill
Valentine Dunn
Elsie
H.F. Maltby
H. G. Popplethwaite
Peggy Cummins
Lily
Alfredo Campoli
Solo Violinist
Crew
- Lance ComfortDirector
- Arthur LucanWriter
- Geoffrey OrmeWriter
- Barbara K. EmaryWriter
- Austin MelfordWriter
- John BaxterProducer
- James WilsonDirector of Photography
- E.W. WhiteEditor
Details
- Release date
- May 31, 1943
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Comedy
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