Old Mother Riley Detective
The Plot
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.
1h 20m
Comedy
31 May 1943
United Kingdom
English
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
Arthur Lucan
Kitty McShane
Johnnie Schofield
Peggy CumminsOld Mother Riley Collection
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Old Mother Riley Joins Up
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Old Mother Riley's Circus
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
Old Mother Riley Overseas
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Old Mother Riley's New Venture
Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
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