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It's enough to make a bat laugh! - Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
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Title: Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Release Date: 11 Jul 1952

Runtime: 1h 14m

Genre: Comedy, Horror

Director: Fernwood Productions Inc.

Production Companies: Fernwood Productions Inc.

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.

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Average Vote: 4.2 (20 votes)

Cast

  • Von Housen: Bela Lugosi
  • Old Mother Riley: Arthur Lucan
  • Tilly: Dora Bryan
  • Anton Daschomb: Philip Leaver
  • P.C. Freddie: Richard Wattis
  • Mrs Jenks: Hattie Jacques
  • The Yokel: Graham Moffatt
  • Mugsy: David Hurst
  • Freda: Judith Furse
  • Hitchcock: Ian Wilson
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