Said O'Reilly to McNab

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{{Infobox film

| name = Said O'Reilly to McNab

| image = Said O'Reilly to McNab.jpeg

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| caption = video cover

| director = William Beaudine

| producer = Edward Black

| screenplay = Leslie Arliss
Marriott Edgar
Howard Irving Young

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| starring = Will Mahoney
Will Fyffe
Ellis Drake

| music = Jack Beaver
Louis Levy

| cinematography = Arthur Crabtree

| editing = Alfred Roome

| studio = Gainsborough Pictures

| distributor = General Film Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1937|07}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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Said O'Reilly to McNab is a 1937 British comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Will Mahoney, Will Fyffe and Ellis Drake.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49178|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221121/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49178|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2009|title="Said O'Reilly to McNab" (1937) - BFI|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=20 November 2014}} It was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures.Wood p.96 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. Leslie Arliss and Marriott Edgar wrote the screenplay.

The movie was one of several comedies made at Gainsborough under Ted Black.{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-film-moguls-ted-black/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|date=1 December 2024|access-date=1 December 2024|title=Forgotten British Film Moguls: Ted Black}}

Plot

American confidence trickster Timothy O'Reilly has to flee New York with the law after him for his dubious business activities. He goes with his loyal, quick-thinking secretary across the Atlantic to Scotland where his son Terence is living.

O'Reilly finds Terence is in love with the daughter of Malcolm McNab, a tight-fisted local businessman. The two engage in a certain amount of rivalry while O'Reilly tries to find a way to refresh his financial fortune and get McNab's permission for their children to marry. These include a game of golf at which both try to cheat and a miracle new dieting pill which is in fact just a caramel sweet.

Cast

  • Will Mahoney as Colonel Timothy O'Reilly
  • Will Fyffe as Malcolm McNab
  • Ellis Drake as Mrs McNab
  • Jean Winstanley as Mary McNab
  • James Carney as Terence O'Reilly
  • Sandy McDougal as Jock McKay
  • Marianne Davis as Sophie
  • Lillian Urquhart as Maggie
  • Percy Parsons as Mr Dunkel
  • Robert Gall as Jock Mc Nab

References

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Bibliography

  • Marshall, Wendy L. William Beaudine: from silents to television. Scarecrow Press, 2005.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.