Old Mother Riley Detective (1943)
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.
Director: Lance Comfort
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Arthur Lucan as Old Mother Riley |
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Kitty McShane as Kitty Riley |
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Ivan Brandt as Inspector Victor Cole |
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Owen Reynolds as Kenworthy |
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George Street as Inspector Moresby |
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Johnnie Schofield as P.C. Jimmy Green |
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Hal Gordon as Bill |
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Valentine Dunn as Elsie |
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H.F. Maltby as H. G. Popplethwaite |
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Peggy Cummins as Lily |
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Alfredo Campoli as Solo Violinist |
| Production | John Baxter | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Hayward | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Barbara K. Emary | Writer |
| Editing | E.W. White | Editor |
| Camera | James Wilson | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Kennedy Russell | Music |
| Art | C. Wilfred Arnold | Art Direction |
| Sound | James Morris | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Austin Melford | Writer |
| Directing | Lance Comfort | Director |
| Writing | Geoffrey Orme | Writer |
| Camera | Arthur Grant | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Arthur Lucan | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maude Churchill | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gladys Weston | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Harold V. King | Sound Supervisor |
| Art | Ward Richards | Assistant Art Director |
| Editing | Jack Harris | Supervising Editor |
| Directing | Phil Rigal | Assistant Director |