Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)

★ 4.2 1h 14m IMDb

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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Cast

Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi as Von Housen Died 1956 · Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Timis County, Romania] Blaskó Béla Ferenc Dezső (October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), better known by the stage name Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered for his iconic por...
Arthur Lucan
Arthur Lucan as Old Mother Riley Died 1954 · Sibsey, Lincolnshire, England
Dora Bryan
Dora Bryan as Tilly Died 2014 · Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK Dora May Bryan OBE was an English actress of stage, film and television. Born Dora May Broadbent, her career began in pantomime as a child actor. In World War II she joined the ENSA in Italy to entert...
Richard Wattis
Richard Wattis as P.C. Freddie Died 1975 · Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK Richard Cameron Wattis (25 February 1912 – 1 February 1975) was an English actor. After leaving the family business, Wattis became an actor. His debut was with Croydon Repertory Theatre, and he made...
Hattie Jacques
Hattie Jacques as Mrs Jenks Died 1980 · Sandgate, Kent, England, UK Josephine Edwina Jaques (7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress, known as Hattie Jacques. Starting her career in the 1940s, Jacques first gained attention through her radio a...
Graham Moffatt
Graham Moffatt as The Yokel Died 1965 · London, England, UK Moffatt was born on 6 December 1919 in Hammersmith, West London (England). He first worked as a call boy at Shepherd's Bush Studios, until actor Tom Walls suggested him for a bit part in the 1934 film...

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CinemaSerf 4/10 Sep 09, 2022
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.

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