4.3 / 10(23 votes)IMDbNR19521h 14mUnited Kingdom

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

“It's enough to make a bat laugh!”

Synopsis

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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Mother Riley My Son the Vampire

Type: Clip • Published 2016-12-16

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Bela Lugosi

Von Housen

Arthur Lucan

Old Mother Riley

Dora Bryan

Tilly

Philip Leaver

Anton Daschomb

Richard Wattis

P.C. Freddie

Hattie Jacques

Mrs Jenks

Graham Moffatt

The Yokel

David Hurst

Mugsy

Judith Furse

Freda

Ian Wilson

Hitchcock

Dandy Nichols

Mrs. Mott

Peter Bathurst

BBC Announcer

Charles Lloyd Pack

Sir Joshua Bing

Alexander Gauge

Police Constable (uncredited)

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John Le Mesurier

Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Uncredited

Laurence Naismith

Police Sergeant at Desk (uncredited)

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Release History & Theatrical Window

Theatrical Premiere

July 11, 1952

Wide Cinema Exhibition

Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: John Gilling
Screenplay & Story: Val Valentine
Original Score: Lindo Southworth
Original Title: Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
Runtime: 1h 14m
Production Studios: Fernwood Productions Inc.

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

John Gilling

Screenplay & Story

Val Valentine, Richard Gordon

Original Score & Music

Lindo Southworth

Director of Photography

Stanley Pavey

Film Editing

Leonard Trumm

Producers

John Gilling

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Stanley Pavey

Director of Photography

Leonard Trumm

Editor

John Gilling

Producer

John Gilling

Director

Val Valentine

Screenplay

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United States (MPAA)NR

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