Old Mother Riley in Business

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{{Infobox film

| name = Old Mother Riley in Business

| image = "Old_Mother_Riley_in_Business"_(1941).jpg

| caption = Trade ad poster

| director = John Baxter

| producer = John Baxter

| writer = {{ubl|Geoffrey Orme|Con West}}

| story = {{ubl|Roger Clegg|Barbara K. Emary}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Arthur Lucan|Kitty McShane|Charles Victor|Cyril Chamberlain}}

| music = Kennedy Russell

| cinematography = James Wilson

| editing = Michael C. Chorlton

| studio = British National Films

| distributor = Butcher's Film Service

| released = {{Film date|1941|04|12|UK|df=y}}

| runtime =

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Old Mother Riley in Business is a 1941 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Cyril Chamberlain.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44891 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114093617/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44891 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-14 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | Old Mother Riley in Business (1940) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |access-date=2014-02-25}} It was the sixth in the long-running Old Mother Riley series of films. Old Mother Riley's pub faces competition from a large chain store nearby, causing her to declare war on it.

Plot summary

Old Mother Riley comes to the rescue of local shopkeepers after a ruthless chain, "Golden Stores" makes its aggressive presence felt. The boisterous Irish washerwoman gives the chain stores boss a push into the river and soon finds herself a wanted woman, donning a nurse's outfit to escape from the hospital in which she is hiding.{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/old-mother-riley-in-business/review/108055 |title=Old Mother Riley In Business Review |publisher=Movies.tvguide.com |access-date=2014-02-25}}

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