Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
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Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. The film is one of many to be made based on the farce Charley's Aunt. Taking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.
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Arthur Askey
Arthur Linden
Also in
The Ghost Train
Back-Room Boy
Richard Murdoch
'Stinker' Burton
Also in
Rumpole of the Bailey
The Ghost Train
Graham Moffatt
Albert Brown
Also in
Ask a Policeman
Back-Room Boy
Moore Marriott
Jerry
Known for
Green for Danger
J.H. Roberts
Dean of Bowgate
Known for
Young and Innocent
Felix Aylmer
The Proctor
Known for
Hamlet
The Mummy
Wally Patch
The Buller
Known for
Poor Cow
Phyllis Calvert
Betty Forsythe
Known for
Indiscreet
Twisted Nerve
Jeanne De Casalis
Aunt Lucy
Known for
Jamaica Inn
Elliott Mason
Dame Luckton
Also in
The Ghost Goes West
On Approval
Donald Calthrop
Guide
Known for
Blackmail
Number Seventeen
Anthony Dawson
Student
Known for
Dr. No
Dial M for Murder
Walter Forde Director · R. E. Dearing Editor
First release August 31, 1940 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Gainsborough Pictures
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 31, 1940
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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