Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure
{{Short description|1951 British film by Maclean Rogers}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure
| image = "Old_Mother_Riley's_Jungle_Treasure"_(1951).jpg
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| director = Maclean Rogers
| producer = Maclean Rogers
| writer =
| screenplay = Val Valentine
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| starring = Arthur Lucan
Kitty McShane
| music = Wilfred Burns
| cinematography = James Wilson
| editing = Anne Barker
| studio = Oakland Films
| distributor = Renown Pictures
| released = {{film date|1951}}
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure is a low budget 1951 British comedy film, the penultimate in the long running Old Mother Riley series starring Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane. It features an early appearance by future Carry On regular Peter Butterworth.{{cite web|url=http://skymovies.sky.com/old-mother-rileys-jungle-treasure/review |title=Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure - Sky Movies HD |publisher=Skymovies.sky.com |date=2002-05-23 |access-date=2014-02-22}}
Husband and wife Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane had separated by the time of production, and were touring in different "Old Mother Riley" shows. This was Kitty's final Mother Riley film, and her scenes with Lucan were reputedly shot on separate days.{{cite web|url=http://zagria.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/old-mother-riley.html#.UwUu-mJ_uKU |title=A Gender Variance Who's Who: Old Mother Riley |publisher=Zagria.blogspot.co.uk |date=2008-09-10 |access-date=2014-02-22}}
During filming, there was a strike over pay, led by the dancer Josie Woods, who was an extra on the film.{{cite news |last1=Bourne |first1=Stephen |title=Josie Woods: Tap-dancing star of music hall |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/josie-woods-tapdancing-star-of-music-hall-906487.html |access-date=21 November 2022 |work=Independent |date=23 August 2008}}
Plot summary
Mother Riley, working in an antique shop with daughter Kitty, uncovers a secret treasure map hidden in the headboard of an antique bed.
With the help of the ghost of the pirate Captain Morgan, Mother Riley and Kitty head for a remote tropical island in the South Seas, and begin their hunt for buried treasure. Not only do they find the fortune, but Mother Riley ends up celebrated by natives as their tribe’s queen.{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/old-mother-rileys-jungle-treasure/review/108063 |title=Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure Review |publisher=Movies.tvguide.com |access-date=2014-02-22}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moviesunlimited.com/musite/product.asp?sku=D04113 |title=Buy Movies at Movies Unlimited - The Movie Collector's Site |publisher=Moviesunlimited.com |access-date=2014-02-22}}{{cite web|last=Beifuss |first=John |url=http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_bloodshot_eye/2010/06/old-mother-riley.html |title=An (Un)Real Mother For Ya: Old Mother Riley on DVD - The Bloodshot Eye |publisher=Blogs.commercialappeal.com |date=2010-06-15 |access-date=2014-02-22}}
Cast
- Old Mother Riley ...Arthur Lucan
- Kitty ... Kitty McShane
- Jim ... Garry Marsh
- Captain Daincourt ... Cyril Chamberlain
- Chief 'Stinker' Carstairs ... Robert Adams
- James Orders ... Roddy Hughes
- Harry Benson ... Willer Neal
- Estelle ... Anita D'ray
- Morgan the Pirate ... Sebastian Cabot
- Flying Officer Prang ... Bill Shine (actor)
- Steve ... Peter Butterworth
- Mr Benson ... Peter Swanwick
- Slim ... Harry Lane
- Jake ... Michael Ripper
- Air Hostess ... Maria Mercedes
- Ted ... Gerald Rex
Critical reception
- TV Guide called the movie, a "relentlessly absurd farce...A film in the stylized vein of British comedy (as are all the pictures in the "Old Mother Riley" series) that continues through the films of Monty Python."
- David Parkinson writes in Moviemail.com, " a discreet veil should be drawn over the last third of Jungle Treasure (1951), as its racial stereotyping outdoes anything seen in a Tarzan adventure."{{cite web|url=http://www.moviemail.com/film/dvd/Old-Mother-Riley-In-Paris-MP/ |title=Old Mother Riley: In Paris & MP DVD | Classic Movies | Films by Movie Mail UK |publisher=Moviemail.com |date=2006-01-30 |access-date=2014-02-22}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0043876}}
{{Maclean Rogers}}
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Category:1950s English-language films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:English-language comedy films
Category:Films directed by Maclean Rogers