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2026 · Action · Comedy
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Film / 1940
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Directed by
Walter Forde
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. The film is one of many to be made based on the farce Charley's Aunt. Taking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.
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Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. The film is one of many to be made based on the farce Charley's Aunt. Taking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.
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Cast
Arthur AskeyArthur Linden
Richard Murdoch'Stinker' Burton
Graham MoffattAlbert Brown
Moore MarriottJerry
J.H. RobertsDean of Bowgate
Felix AylmerThe Proctor
Wally PatchThe Buller
Phyllis CalvertBetty Forsythe
Jeanne De CasalisAunt Lucy
Elliott MasonDame Luckton
Donald CalthropGuide
Anthony DawsonStudent
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