Old Mother Riley Headmistress

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Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
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UK theatrical poster
Directed by John Harlow
Screenplay by Ted Kavanagh
John Harlow
Story by Jackie Marks
Con West
Produced byGordon D. Myers
Starring Arthur Lucan
Kitty McShane
The Luton Girls Choir
Cinematography James Wilson
Edited by Douglas Myers
Music by George Melachrino
Arthur E. Davies (Choral Director) Luton Girls Choir)
Production
company
Harry Reynolds Productions
Distributed by Renown Pictures
Release date
1950
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Old Mother Riley, Headmistress is a low-budget black-and-white 1950 British comedy film, starring Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane. The 13th film in the Old Mother Riley series, it features the Luton Girls Choir playing many of Mother Riley's pupils.

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Plot summary

Daughter Kitty is sacked from her job as music teacher at an exclusive girls' school, but Mother Riley unexpectedly comes into an inheritance, and decides to buy the girls finishing school and give Kitty her job back. Mother Riley soon establishes herself as headmistress at St. Mildred's School for Young Ladies, and throws herself into her new role with vigour, whether it is taking P.E. lessons, brazenly cheating on Sports Day, or confronting the haunted school piano. [1] [2]

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