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Old Mother Riley Detective
Comedy

Old Mother Riley Detective

A night watchman is 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.

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Release DateMay 31, 1943
StatusReleased
Original TitleOld Mother Riley Detective
Runtime1h 20min
Budget—
Revenue—
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production CompaniesBritish National Films

Part of

Old Mother Riley Collection

Includes: Old Mother Riley, Old Mother Riley in Paris, Old Mother Riley, MP, Old Mother Riley Joins Up, Old Mother Riley in Society, Old Mother Riley in Business, Old Mother Riley's Circus, Old Mother Riley's Ghosts, Old Mother Riley Overseas, Old Mother Riley Detective, Old Mother Riley at Home, Old Mother Riley's New Venture, Old Mother Riley, Headmistress, Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure, Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

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