Old Mother Riley Detective (1943)
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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.
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Arthur LucanOld Mother Riley
Kitty McShaneKitty RileyIvan BrandtInspector Victor ColeOwen ReynoldsKenworthyGeorge StreetInspector MoresbyJohnnie SchofieldP.C. Jimmy Green
Hal GordonBillValentine DunnElsieH.F. MaltbyH. G. Popplethwaite
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What is Old Mother Riley Detective about?
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.
How long is Old Mother Riley Detective?
Old Mother Riley Detective has a runtime of 80 minutes.