Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)

Directed by

John Harlow

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 09m

Rating

9.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This comedy film follows the misadventures of Old Mother Riley, a chaotic Irish washerwoman. She gets involved in a series of comedic situations that lead to lively misunderstandings.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulenergeticdatedlow-energybrisknostalgic

What happens

Old Mother Riley's New Venture is a low-budget black-and-white 1949 British comedy film, starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Chili Bouchier. It is the twelfth in the long-running Old Mother Riley films, and was the first of the series to play in London's West End. In addition, it was the first to be released in the US, where it opened in 1952, as Old Mother Riley, (and was re-released there as A Wild Irish Night). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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