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	\| director = [[Walter Forde]]		\| director = [[Walter Forde]]
	\| producer = [[Edward Black (producer)\|Edward Black]]		\| producer = [[Edward Black (producer)\|Edward Black]]
	\| writer = {{ubl\|[[Brandon Thomas (playwright)\|Brandon Thomas]] (original play)\|[[J.O.C. Orton]] (screenplay)\|[[Marriott Edgar]] (screenplay)\|[[Ralph Smart]] (screenplay)}}		\| writer = {{ubl\|[[Brandon Thomas (playwright)\|Brandon Thomas]] (original play)\|[[J.O.C. Orton]] (screenplay)\|[[Marriott Edgar]] (screenplay)\|[[Ralph Smart]] (screenplay)}}
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	\| starring = See below		\| starring = See below
	\| music = [[Louis Levy]]		\| music = [[Louis Levy]]

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{{Infobox film
| name = Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
| image = "Charley's_(Big-Hearted)_Aunt"_(1940).jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Walter Forde]]
| producer = [[Edward Black (producer)|Edward Black]]
| writer = {{ubl|[[Brandon Thomas (playwright)|Brandon Thomas]] (original play)|[[J.O.C. Orton]] (screenplay)|[[Marriott Edgar]] (screenplay)|[[Ralph Smart]] (screenplay)}}
| narrator =
| starring = See below
| music = [[Louis Levy]]
| cinematography = [[Arthur Crabtree]]
| editing = [[R.E. Dearing]]
| studio = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]] (UK)
| released = 31 August 1940
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = UK
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt''''' is a 1940 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]], starring [[Arthur Askey]] and [[Richard Murdoch]] as Oxford 'scholars'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6a765646 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712001042/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6a765646 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-12 |title=Charley's (Big-hearted) Aunt | BFI | BFI |publisher=[[BFI]] |access-date=2014-04-10}}</ref>

The film is one of many to be based on the 1892 Victorian farce ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' by [[Brandon Thomas (playwright)|Brandon Thomas]]. Arthur Askey's professional nickname was "Big-Hearted Arthur", which was added to the title to distinguish it from [[Jack Benny]]'s version, for its (limited) American release.

==Plot==
Oxford students Arthur ([[Arthur Askey]]), Stinker ([[Richard Murdoch]]), and Albert ([[Graham Moffatt]]) are in danger of being "sent down" (expelled) for bad behaviour. Learning that the Dean of Bowgate College is an amateur Egyptologist, Arthur—who had just played the lead in a stage version of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]''—poses as Albert's wealthy Aunt Lucy, who might finance an archeological expedition if the Dean is lenient on her nephew and his friends. Unfortunately, the real Aunt Lucy picks this day to pay a visit to Oxford herself, with calamitous consequences.

==Differences from play==
Aside from the Oxford setting and the premise of a male student impersonating his wealthy aunt, the film bears little resemblance to the original play. In one brief sequence, the play ''Charley's Aunt'' is shown being performed by the Oxford students.

==Cast==
*[[Arthur Askey]] as Arthur Linden-Jones
*[[Richard Murdoch]] as "Stinker" Burton
*[[Graham Moffatt]] as Albert Brown
*[[Moore Marriott]] as Jerry
*J. H. Roberts as Dean of Bowgate
*[[Felix Aylmer]] as The Proctor
*[[Wally Patch]] as The Buller
*[[Leonard Sharp (actor)|Leonard Sharp]] as Buller's assistant
*[[Phyllis Calvert]] as Betty Forsythe
*[[Jeanne de Casalis]] as Aunt Lucy
*Elliott Mason as Dame Luckton

==Critical reception==
* [[TV Guide]] wrote that "[[Brandon Thomas (playwright)|Brandon Thomas]]'s oft-filmed farce (at least seven times since 1925) has frequently been better, but Askey gives it a good shot."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/charleys-big-hearted-aunt/review/126175 |title=Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt Review |publisher=Movies.tvguide.com |access-date=2014-04-09}}</ref>
* [[Sky Movies]] wrote that it is "tailored to the talents of the two stars, on the strength of their great success in the hit radio series ''[[Band Waggon]]''. Those stalwarts of the British comedy film, 1935–45, plump [[Graham Moffatt]] and doddery [[Moore Marriott]], are on hand to add to the fun, and the heroine is [[Phyllis Calvert]], who was appearing in her second film."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://skymovies.sky.com/charleys-big-hearted-aunt/review |title=Charley's Big-Hearted Aunt - Sky Movies HD |publisher=Skymovies.sky.com |date=2002-06-23 |access-date=2014-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413132749/http://skymovies.sky.com/charleys-big-hearted-aunt/review |archive-date=13 April 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0032323|title=Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt}}

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