Old Mother Riley at Home

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Old Mother Riley at Home
"Old Mother Riley at Home" (1945).jpg
Directed byOswald Mitchell
Written byGeorge A. Cooper
Oswald Mitchell
Story byJoan Butler
Ralph Temple
Produced byLouis H. Jackson
StarringArthur Lucan
Kitty McShane
Freddie Forbes
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byDouglas Myers
Music byPercival Mackey
Production
company
British National Films
Distributed byAnglo-American Film Corporation
Release date
24 December 1945 (UK)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Old Mother Riley at Home is a 1945 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Freddie Forbes.[1] It is the 11th film in the long-running Old Mother Riley series.

Plot summary[]

Mother Riley's daughter Kitty has run off with her new and (so says Mother Riley), "no good" boyfriend. With the aid of Kitty's true love Dan, Mother Riley tracks the runaways and discovers them in a gambling den.[2]

Cast[]

  • Arthur Lucan - Mrs Riley
  • Kitty McShane - Kitty Riley
  • Freddie Forbes - Mr Bumpton
  • Richard George - Dan
  • Willer Neal - Bill
  • Wally Patch - Bouncer
  • Kenneth Warrington - Boss
  • Angela Barrie - Duchess
  • Janet Morriso - Mary
  • Elsie Wagstaff - Mrs. Ginochie
  • Henry B. Longhurst - Commissionaire

Critical reception[]

TV Guide called the film "one of the weaker series entries."[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://movies.tvguide.com/old-mother-riley-at-home/review/108052
  3. ^ http://movies.tvguide.com/old-mother-riley-at-home/review/108052

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