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{{Infobox film
| name = Old Mother Riley's New Venture
| image = "Old_Mother_Riley's_New_Venture"_(1949).jpg
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| caption =
| director = [[John Harlow (director)|John Harlow]]
| producer = Harry Reynolds
| writer = [[Jack Marks (performer)|Jack Marks]]<br/> Con West<br/> [[John Harlow (director)|John Harlow]] (additional scenes)
| starring = [[Arthur Lucan]]<br/>[[Kitty McShane]] <br/>[[Chili Bouchier]]
| music = [[George Melachrino]]
| cinematography = [[James Wilson (cinematographer)|James Wilson]]
| editing = [[Adam Alexander Dawson]]
| studio = Harry Reynolds Productions
| distributor = [[Renown Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1949|07}} {{small|(UK)}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
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'''''Old Mother Riley's New Venture''''' is a low-budget black-and-white 1949 British [[comedy film]], starring [[Arthur Lucan]], [[Kitty McShane]] and [[Chili Bouchier]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b2043f9 |title=Old Mother Riley's New Venture |newspaper=Bfi |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref> It is the twelfth in the long-running [[Old Mother Riley]] films, and was the first of the series to play in [[London's West End]]. In addition, it was the first to be released in the US, where it opened in 1952, as ''Old Mother Riley'', (and was re-released there as ''A Wild Irish Night'').<ref name="google1">{{cite book |isbn=978-0810835344|title=Eccentrics of Comedy |last1=Slide |first1=Anthony |year=1998 }}</ref>

==Plot summary==
The owner of a five star London hotel leaves for a holiday, and to everyone's surprise promotes Old Mother Riley from kitchen dishwasher to manageress. Chaos ensues, and Mother Riley and Kitty are suddenly suspects in the theft of the Royal Hula Diamond, but somehow along the way also manage a trip to a beauty parlour, a banquet with [[Arab]] royalty, some [[Saint Patrick's Day]] celebrations, and a climactic [[custard pie fight]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armandmovies.com/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=693 |title=OLD MOTHER RILEY'S NEW VENTURE 1949 DVD |publisher=Armand Movies |access-date=2014-03-07}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Arthur Lucan]] as Old Mother Riley
* [[Kitty McShane]] as Kitty Riley
* [[Chili Bouchier]] as Cora Gayne
* [[Willer Neal]] as David Thompson
* [[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]] as Potentate
* [[Wilfred Babbage]] as Major Gayne
* [[Maureen Riscoe]] as Mabel
* [[Fred Groves (actor)|Fred Groves]] as John Grigsby
* [[C. Denier Warren]] as Matthew Hillick
* Paul Sheridan as Saunders
* Arthur Gomez as Chef
* [[John Le Mesurier]] as Karl
* Amando Guinle as Jules
* [[Grace Arnold]] as Prison Governor
* Howard Douglas as Dr Collins
* [[Hugh Dempster]] as Drunk
* Gordon Littman as 1st Aide
* Robert Moore as Allan
* George Street as Walters
* [[James Knight (actor)|James Knight]] as Police Superintendent
* Blanche Fothergill as Mrs Ginochie
* Brian Royceton as Commissionaire
* Pamela Skiff as Beauty Parlour Attendant
* Joy Frankau as Beauty Parlour Attendant

==Critical reception==
*The Digital Fix wrote, "New Venture is essentially unwatchable...Old routines, a bare minimum of laughs and a comic pairing who are, quite frankly, way beyond their best."<ref>{{cite web|last=Nield |first=Anthony |url=http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content.php?contentid=59841 |title=Old Mother Riley's New Venture / Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure | DVD Video Review | Film @ The Digital Fix |publisher=Film.thedigitalfix.com |date=2006-01-04 |access-date=2014-03-07}}</ref>
*At the time of the film's release, [[Monthly Film Bulletin]] called the film, "a vivacious slapsick comedy."<ref name="google1"/>
*On its U.S. release, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote of the film, "offers little appeal for most situations...Film's best market appears to lie in "Irish Night" shows or in neighbourhoods where there's a sizable Irish population. Cast is unknown to American audiences... Arthur Lucan has a thespian field day in the title role."<ref name="google1"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0041714}}
* {{AllMovie title|104623}}

{{John Harlow}}

[[Category:1949 films]]
[[Category:1949 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by John Harlow]]
[[Category:Films set in hotels]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
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