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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

- It's enough to make a bat laugh!

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.

Release Date : 1952-07-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Fernwood Productions Inc.

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Bela Lugosi

Character Name : Von Housen

Original Name : Bela Lugosi

Gender : Male

Arthur Lucan

Character Name : Old Mother Riley

Original Name : Arthur Lucan

Gender : Male

Dora Bryan

Character Name : Tilly

Original Name : Dora Bryan

Gender : Female

Philip Leaver

Character Name : Anton Daschomb

Original Name : Philip Leaver

Gender : Male

Richard Wattis

Character Name : P.C. Freddie

Original Name : Richard Wattis

Gender : Male

Hattie Jacques

Character Name : Mrs Jenks

Original Name : Hattie Jacques

Gender : Female

Graham Moffatt

Character Name : The Yokel

Original Name : Graham Moffatt

Gender : Male

David Hurst

Character Name : Mugsy

Original Name : David Hurst

Gender : Male

Judith Furse

Character Name : Freda

Original Name : Judith Furse

Gender : Female

Ian Wilson

Character Name : Hitchcock

Original Name : Ian Wilson

Gender : Male

Hattie Jacques

Character Name : Mrs. Jenks

Original Name : Hattie Jacques

Gender : Female

Dandy Nichols

Character Name : Mrs. Mott

Original Name : Dandy Nichols

Gender : Female

Peter Bathurst

Character Name : BBC Announcer

Original Name : Peter Bathurst

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

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 ever hope to be; Lucan's character delivers with relentless pace that is, on occasion quite amusing, but for the most part is just annoying and the infrequently seen Lugosi might have been better advised just never to have arisen from the coffin in which he sleeps. Much of the action (and the frenetically cobbled together score) is the stuff of a fairground, frequently bordering on "he's behind you" pantomime style. Dora Bryan and Geoffrey Keen must have fancied a chance to work with the legend, so appear as this increasingly slapstick thing heads towards it's suitably ridiculous denouement. Sad to think anyone was reduced to this, really - not just Lugosi.