Old Mother Riley Joins Up
Directed byMaclean Rogers
Written byKathleen Butler
Maisie Sharman
Con West
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 (1940-02-24) (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.

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Films by Maclean Rogers
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