Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts ★★ 1941
A group of spies “haunt” Mother Riley's castle home in a futile attempt to scare her out; she turns the tables. Some good scares and laughs. Part of the Old Mother Riley series. Look for similarities to later Monty Python films. 82m/B VHS, DVD . GB Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, John Stuart; D: John Baxter.
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Director: Vsevolod I. Pudovkin
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