Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

75 mins | Comedy | Aug. 31, 1940

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.

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

75 mins | Comedy | Aug. 31, 1940

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Gainsborough Pictures
Original title Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Directors Walter Forde
Writers

Cast

Arthur Askey

as Arthur Linden

Richard Murdoch

as 'Stinker' Burton

Graham Moffatt

as Albert Brown

Moore Marriott

as Jerry

J.H. Roberts

as Dean of Bowgate

Felix Aylmer

as The Proctor

Wally Patch

as The Buller

Phyllis Calvert

as Betty Forsythe

Jeanne De Casalis

as Aunt Lucy

Elliott Mason

as Dame Luckton

Donald Calthrop

as Guide

Anthony Dawson

as Student

Peggy Evans

as Girl

Roddy Hughes

as Butler

Mike Johnson

as Cabby

Laurence Kitchin

as Reginald Ingleby Cox

Stuart Latham

as Student

Leonard Sharp

as Buller's Assistant