Old Mother Riley Detective
1943 | 80m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Lance Comfort |
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| Writer: | Barbara K. Emary, Arthur Lucan, Austin Melford, Geoffrey Orme |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 31, 1943 |
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| Director: | Lance Comfort |
| Writer: | Barbara K. Emary, Arthur Lucan, Austin Melford, Geoffrey Orme |
| Genres: | Comedy |
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| Production Companies | British National Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 07, 2024 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lance Comfort | Director |
| Barbara K. Emary | Writer |
| Arthur Lucan | Writer |
| Austin Melford | Writer |
| Geoffrey Orme | Writer |
| Kennedy Russell | Music |
| James Wilson | Director of Photography |
| E.W. White | Editor |
| C. Wilfred Arnold | Art Direction |
| Arthur Grant | Camera Operator |
| Maude Churchill | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| James Morris | Sound Recordist |
| Gladys Weston | Hairstylist |
| Harry Hayward | Makeup Artist |
| Phil Rigal | Assistant Director |
| Ward Richards | Assistant Art Director |
| Harold V. King | Sound Supervisor |
| Jack Harris | Supervising Editor |
| Name | Title |
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| John Baxter | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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