| Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure | |
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| Directed by | Maclean Rogers |
| Screenplay by | Val Valentine |
| Produced by | Maclean Rogers |
| Starring | Arthur Lucan Kitty McShane |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Anne Barker |
| Music by | Wilfred Burns |
Production | Oakland Films |
| Distributed by | Renown Pictures |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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.[1]
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.[2]
During filming, there was a strike over pay, led by the dancer Josie Woods, who was an extra on the film.[3]
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 and daughter 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 a tribal queen.[4][5][6]
"All the supposed cannibal tribesman are in actual fact ex-Oxford graduates who spend their time (in full tribal dress) listening to the cricket on the short wave radio." ("Screensnapshots.blogspot.co.uk")[7]
