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Old Mother Riley Headmistress (1950)

Old Mother Riley Headmistress poster
Original title
Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
Directed by
John Harlow
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Old Mother Riley takes over as head of a girls school. She gets into comical situations with her pupils and staff.

lightheartedslapstickwhimsicaldatedgentlenostalgicunpretentious

What happens

Old Mother Riley, Headmistress is a low-budget black-and-white 1950 British comedy film directed by John Harlow and starring Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane. The screenplay was by Ted Kavanagh and Harlow. The 13th film in the Old Mother Riley series, it features the Luton Girls Choir playing many of Mother Riley's pupils. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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