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Old Mother Riley Detective (1943)

Old Mother Riley Detective (1943)

Comedy
Release Date: 1943, May 31
Directors: Lance Comfort
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: British National Films, British National Films
Cast: Peggy Cummins, George Street, Johnnie Schofield, Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Owen Reynolds, Valentine Dunn, H.F. Maltby, Hal Gordon, Ivan Brandt, Alfredo Campoli

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.