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11/07/1952 Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction 1h 14m
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It's enough to make a bat laugh!

Overview

The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in this hilarious comedy adventure. The Vampire plans to control the world with the help of his robot, which accidentally gets shipped to Mother Riley. Through radar control, he contacts the robot and orders it to come to him, bringing along Mother Riley! But his life is turned upside down when he holds this most meddling of mothers captive.

  1. John Gilling

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Bela Lugosi

    Von Housen

  2. Arthur Lucan

    Old Mother Riley

  3. Dora Bryan

    Tilly

  4. Philip Leaver

    Anton Daschomb

  5. Richard Wattis

    P.C. Freddie

  6. Hattie Jacques

    Mrs Jenks

  7. Graham Moffatt

    The Yokel

  8. David Hurst

    Mugsy

  9. Judith Furse

    Freda

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-09
Arthur Lucan's disgustering "Mother Riley" is way behind on her rent, but when her Irish uncle dies she thinks things might be looking up. Some of his possessions are duly sent but they are misdirected to Bela Lugusi ("Prof. Von Housen") whilst she, in turn, received his life-size robot. He uses the remote control to summon his creature (and her), with it soon transpiring that he has very sinister motives that she must find some way to combat. Made in 1952, it has the production standards of something thirty years older. The editing and lighting are way more diabolical than the baddie could ev...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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