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Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)

Directed by Walter Forde

Overview

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.

Length 75 minutes

Actors

Donald Calthrop | Anthony Dawson | J. H. Roberts | Felix Aylmer | Phyllis Calvert | Arthur Askey | Roddy Hughes | Peggy Evans | Moore Marriott | Graham Moffatt | Leonard Sharp | Richard Murdoch | Jeanne De Casalis | Wally Patch | Elliott Mason | Stuart Latham | Laurence Kitchin | Mike Johnson | Derrick Penley