Mother Riley Meets the Vampire, also known as Vampire Over London or My Son, the Vampire, is a 1952 British horror comedy film directed by John Gilling, starring Arthur Lucan and Bela Lugosi that was filmed at Nettlefold Studios.
Plot[]
The mysterious figure known as the Vampire comes to England to complete experiments in his mad bid to gain control of the world. When the radar-controlled Robot which he had ordered shipped to him is delivered instead to Mother Riley, the Vampire, through radar control, has the Robot transport itself as well as Mother Riley to the proper destination...as the old lady goes into a whirl of side-splitting action in a determined effort to frustrate the plans of the sinister Vampire.[1]
Cast[]
- Arthur Lucan as Old Mother Riley
- Bela Lugosi as Von Housen
- María Mercedes as Julia Loretti
- Dora Bryan as Tilly
- Philip Leaver as Anton Daschomb
- Richard Wattis as PC Freddie
- Graham Moffatt as the yokel
- Roderick Lovell as Douglas
- David Hurst as Mugsy
- Judith Furse as Freda
- Ian Wilson as Hitchcock, the butler
- Hattie Jacques as Mrs. Jenks
- Dandy Nichols as Mrs. Mott
- Cyril Smith as Mr. Paine, the rent collector
- Lawrence Naismith as police sergeant
- Bill Shine as Mugsy's assistant
- John Le Mesurier as Scotland Yard officer (uncredited)