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Old Mother Riley in Business (1941)

Old Mother Riley in Business poster
Directed by
John Baxter
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A pub landlady named Old Mother Riley goes to war with a big chain store that opens up nearby and threatens her business. She uses tricks and schemes to try to outsmart the competition.

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What happens

Old Mother Riley in Business is a 1940 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Cyril Chamberlain. It was written by Geoffrey Orme and Con West, and was the sixth in the long-running Old Mother Riley series of films. Old Mother Riley's pub faces competition from a large chain store nearby, causing her to declare war on it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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