A night watchman is being 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 gangsters are planning to sell the foods 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.
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Ivan Brandt, Owen Reynolds, George Street, Johnnie Schofield
Crew: Arthur Lucan (Writer), Kennedy Russell (Music), Lance Comfort (Director), Geoffrey Orme (Writer), C. Wilfred Arnold (Art Direction), James Morris (Sound Recordist)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: British National Films
Runtime: 80 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 31, 1943
IMDb: 6
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