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* [[Arthur Lucan]] ...  Mrs. Riley
* [[Arthur Lucan]] ...  Mrs. Riley
* [[Kitty McShane]] ...  Kitty Riley
* [[Kitty McShane]] ...  Kitty Riley
* [[Glen Alyn]] ...  Pauline
* [[w:Glen Alyn|Glen Alyn]] ...  Pauline
* [[Dorothy Dewhurst]] ...  Mrs. Rayful
* [[w:Dorothy Dewhurst|Dorothy Dewhurst]] ...  Mrs. Rayful
* [[Martita Hunt]] ...  Commandant
* [[Martita Hunt]] ...  Commandant
* [[H. F. Maltby]] ...  Gen. Hogsley
* [[w:H. F. Maltby|H. F. Maltby]] ...  Gen. Hogsley
* [[Garry Marsh]] ...  Dr. Leach
* [[Garry Marsh]] ...  Dr. Leach
* [[Bryan Powley]] ...  Mr. Rayful
* [[w:Bryan Powley|Bryan Powley]] ...  Mr. Rayful
* [[Bruce Seton]] ...  Lt. Travers
* [[Bruce Seton]] ...  Lt. Travers
* [[Jeanne Stuart]] ...  Nurse Wilson
* [[w:Jeanne Stuart|Jeanne Stuart]] ...  Nurse Wilson


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==

Revision as of 13:50, 28 December 2022

Old Mother Riley Joins Up
"Old Mother Riley Joins Up" (1940).jpg
Directed byMaclean Rogers
Story byJack Marks
Produced byJohn Corfield
StarringArthur Lucan
Kitty McShane
Martita Hunt
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byJames Corbett
Music byRonnie Munro
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-American Film Corporation
Release date
24 February 1940 (UK)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Old Mother Riley Joins Up is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Martita Hunt, Bruce Seton and Garry Marsh.[1] It was part of the long-running Old Mother Riley series.

Plot summary

Old Mother Riley works as a nurse before volunteering for the Auxiliary Territorial Service. With the help of her daughter Kitty and Kitty's boyfriend Lieutenant Travers, she thwarts a plan by enemy agents to steal important secret documents.[2]

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide called the film, "a tolerable romp that kept patriotic English fires burning during the early part of WW II."[3]

References

  1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | OLD MOTHER RILEY JOINS UP (1939)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Old Mother Riley Joins Up (1939) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Old Mother Riley Joins Up Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

External links

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