Old Mother Riley Joins Up

Old Mother Riley Joins Up

1939 · 68 min · ★ 8.5 · Comedy

Mother Riley plays a nurse who was forced to volunteer for the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Mayhem ensues until she is able to prevent German spies from acquiring important documents.

Directed by Maclean Rogers · Written by Maisie Sharman

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Old Mother Riley Joins Up

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Old Mother RileyOld Mother Riley · 1937
Old Mother Riley
7.51937
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Old Mother Riley is a British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Barbara Everest, Patrick Ludlow and Hubert Leslie. Mother Riley and her daughter stop the plans of some disinherited relatives to overturn the terms of a will. It was the first in the Old Mother Riley series of films.
Old Mother Riley in ParisOld Mother Riley in Paris · 1938
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Old Mother Riley falls into money so goes to Paris, where she is mistaken for a spy.
Old Mother Riley in BusinessOld Mother Riley in Business · 1941
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Old Mother Riley DetectiveOld Mother Riley Detective · 1943
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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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