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 |
| Directing | Lance Comfort | Director |
| Writing | Barbara K. Emary | Writer |
| Writing | Arthur Lucan | Writer |
| Writing | Austin Melford | Writer |
| Writing | Geoffrey Orme | Writer |
| Production | John Baxter | Producer |
| Sound | Kennedy Russell | Music |
| Camera | James Wilson | Director of Photography |
| Editing | E.W. White | Editor |
| Art | C. Wilfred Arnold | Art Direction |
| Camera | Arthur Grant | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maude Churchill | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | James Morris | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gladys Weston | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Hayward | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Phil Rigal | Assistant Director |
| Art | Ward Richards | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Harold V. King | Sound Supervisor |
| Editing | Jack Harris | Supervising Editor |