Old Mother Riley Detective (1943) ★

♾️ Old Mother Riley Detective is a 1943 British comedy film. It features Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Ivan Brandt, and Owen Reynolds. ♾️ A night watchman is bludgeoned, as a safe is cracked open in the offices of the District Food Controller. A list of wartime foods to be rationed is stolen, and the police fear criminals are planning to sell the food on the black market. As the office charwoman, Old Mother Riley's fingerprints are all over the safe, and she becomes the police's number one suspect. To prove her innocence, Mother Riley turns detective, adopting various methods and disguises to track down the villains.