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{{Infobox film
| name = Old Mother Riley Detective
| image = "Old_Mother_Riley_Detective"_(1943).jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Original trade poster
| director = [[Lance Comfort]]
| producer = [[John Baxter (director)|John Baxter]]
| writers = [[Barbara K. Emary]] [[Arthur Lucan]] [[Austin Melford]] [[Geoffrey Orme]]
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Arthur Lucan]] [[Kitty McShane]] [[Hal Gordon]]
| music = [[Kennedy Russell]]
| cinematography = [[James Wilson (cinematographer)|James Wilson]]
| editing = E.W. White
| studio = [[British National Films]]
| distributor = Anglo-American Film Corporation
| released = 31 May 1943 (UK)
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Old Mother Riley Detective''''' is a 1943 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Lance Comfort]] and starring [[Arthur Lucan]], [[Kitty McShane]] and [[Hal Gordon]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42632 |title=Old Mother Riley, Detective |access-date=9 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210120012/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42632 |archive-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was part of the long running [[Old Mother Riley]] series. Old Mother Riley investigates the disappearance of food during the war, a serious crime because of [[rationing]].

==Plot==
The film opens with a night watchman 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b0705eb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712003323/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b0705eb |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-12 |title=Old Mother Riley, Detective | BFI | BFI |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |access-date=2014-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://vintage45.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/old-mother-riley-detective-1943/ |title=Old Mother Riley-Detective (1943) | Vintage45's Blog |publisher=Vintage45.wordpress.com |date=2011-10-13 |access-date=2014-02-22}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Arthur Lucan]] as Mrs. Riley
* [[Kitty McShane]] as Kitty Riley
* [[Ivan Brandt]] as Inspector Victor Cole
* Owen Reynolds as Kenworthy
* George Street as Inspector Moresby
* [[Johnnie Schofield]] as P.C. Jimmy Green
* [[Hal Gordon]] as Bill
* Valentine Dunn as Elsie
* [[H.F. Maltby|H. F. Maltby]] as H. G. Popplethwaite
* [[Peggy Cummins]] as Lily
* [[Alfredo Campoli]] as Solo Violinist

==Critical reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' wrote of the film, "a lifeless effort...The gangster premise is merely an excuse for Lucan to try out some humorous bits (in drag, of course), but the picture is too padded to hold much interest."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/old-mother-riley-detective/review/108053 |title=Old Mother Riley, Detective Review |publisher=Movies.tvguide.com |access-date=2014-02-22}}</ref> ''[[Kinematograph Weekly]]'' noted, "one of Arthur Lucan's and the series' best efforts."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G9jnAAAAIAAJ&q=Old+Mother+Riley+Detective&pg=PA48 |title=Lance Comfort - Brian McFarlane - Google Books |isbn=9780719054846 |access-date=2014-02-22|last1=McFarlane |first1=Brian |year=1999 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0036233}}

{{Lance Comfort}}

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