Old Mother Riley Overseas
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Directed by | Oswald Mitchell |
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Produced by | Oswald Mitchell |
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Cinematography | Gerald Gibbs |
Edited by | Lito Carruthers |
Music by | Percival Mackey |
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Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation |
Running time |
80 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Old Mother Riley Overseas is a 1943 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Anthony Holles. In the screenplay, Old Mother Riley relocates to Portugal.
Plot summary
Mother Riley is tricked out of her licence for a pub, and heads for Portugal to find her daughter who is working in the wine business. Along the way she is somehow mistaken for a famous pianist, but arrives in Portugal just in time to prevent her daughter from being kidnapped. She also manages to retrieve stolen port wine.
Cast
- Arthur Lucan ... Mrs. Riley
- Kitty McShane ... Kitty Riley
- Morris Harvey ... Barnacle Bill
- Fred Kitchen ... Pedro Quentos
- Sebastian Cabot ... Bar Steward
- Magda Kun
- Anthony Holles
- Ferdy Mayne
- Freddie William Breach
- Bob Lloyd
- Paul Erickson
- Eda Bell
- Ruth Meredith
Critical reception
TV Guide said, "following the successful formula of Old Mother Riley in Paris, this less impressive series entry has Lucan traveling to Portugal."