Old Mother Riley Overseas

British film

H. Fowler Mear
Arthur Lucan (additional scenes)

Story by

L.S. Deacon
Albert Mee

Produced byOswald MitchellStarring

Arthur Lucan
Kitty McShane
Morris Harvey

CinematographyGerald GibbsEdited byLito CarruthersMusic byPercival Mackey

Production
company

British National Films

Distributed byAnglo-American Film Corporation

Running time

80 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Old Mother Riley Overseas is a 1943 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Anthony Holles.^[1] In the screenplay, Old Mother Riley relocates to Portugal.

Plot summary

Mother Riley is tricked out of her licence for a pub, and heads for Portugal to find her daughter who is working in the wine business. Along the way she is somehow mistaken for a famous pianist, but arrives in Portugal just in time to prevent her daughter from being kidnapped. She also manages to retrieve stolen port wine.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Arthur Lucan ... Mrs. Riley
Kitty McShane ... Kitty Riley
Morris Harvey ... Barnacle Bill
Fred Kitchen ... Pedro Quentos
Sebastian Cabot ... Bar Steward
Magda Kun
Anthony Holles
Ferdy Mayne
Freddie William Breach
Bob Lloyd
Paul Erickson
Eda Bell
Ruth Meredith

Critical reception

TV Guide said, "following the successful formula of Old Mother Riley in Paris, this less impressive series entry has Lucan traveling to Portugal."^[4]

References

^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | OLD MOTHER RILEY OVERSEAS (1943)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ "Old Mother Riley Overseas (1943) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ "Old Mother Riley Overseas | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ "Old Mother Riley Overseas Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 28 February 2014.