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Film / 1937
Old Mother Riley
Directed by
Oswald Mitchell
Old Mother Riley is a British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Barbara Everest, Patrick Ludlow and Hubert Leslie. Mother Riley and her daughter stop the plans of some disinherited relatives to overturn the terms of a will. It was the first in the Old Mother Riley series of films.
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Old Mother Riley is a British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Barbara Everest, Patrick Ludlow and Hubert Leslie. Mother Riley and her daughter stop the plans of some disinherited relatives to overturn the terms of a will. It was the first in the Old Mother Riley series of films.
In the same saga
Old Mother Riley Collection
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Old Mother Riley in Society
Old Mother Riley in Business
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
Old Mother Riley's Circus
Old Mother Riley Detective
Old Mother Riley Overseas
Old Mother Riley at Home
Old Mother Riley's New Venture
Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Cast
Arthur LucanOld Mother Riley
Kitty McShaneKitty Riley
Barbara EverestMrs. Briggs
Patrick LudlowEdwin Briggs
Hubert LeslieCaptain Lawson
Edith SharpeMatilda Lawson
Syd CrossleyBriggs’ Butler
Charles PatonFamily Solicitor
Charles SewellBishop
Edgar DriverBill Jones
Dorothy VernonAggie Sparks
Zoe WynnKay Stewart
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