Old Mother Riley loses her laundry job and then battles her ex-boss in a parliamentary election.Old Mother Riley loses her laundry job and then battles her ex-boss in a parliamentary election.Old Mother Riley loses her laundry job and then battles her ex-boss in a parliamentary election.
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Henry B. Longhurst
- Henry Wicker
- (as Henry Longhurst)
Dennis Wyndham
- Emperor of Rocavia
- (as Denis Wyndham)
Pat Hagan
- Man at Political Rally
- (uncredited)
Jack Sharp
- Man at Political Rally
- (uncredited)
Harry Terry
- 1st Man At Front Door
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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The Wicker Man
The fantasy of telling one's boss where they can stick their job is obviously a perennial since it pops up again in this still timely piece of social history.
One wonders what the seven minutes cut on reissue during the war contained, since it already contains plenty of home truths about life in thirties Britain where Mother Riley's boss is also her landlord (whose "workers are slaves and his tenants will soon be outcasts"), which funds his political ambitions.
The familiar argument of public amenities versus foreign aid was obviously also as hot a topic eighty years ago as it is now...
One wonders what the seven minutes cut on reissue during the war contained, since it already contains plenty of home truths about life in thirties Britain where Mother Riley's boss is also her landlord (whose "workers are slaves and his tenants will soon be outcasts"), which funds his political ambitions.
The familiar argument of public amenities versus foreign aid was obviously also as hot a topic eighty years ago as it is now...
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- richardchatten
- Aug 18, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Old Mother Riley M.P. (1939) officially released in Canada in English?
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