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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."

Cast

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Arthur Askey

as Arthur Linden

175974

Richard Murdoch

as 'Stinker' Burton

120146

Graham Moffatt

as Albert Brown

120145

Moore Marriott

as Jerry

27945

J.H. Roberts

as Dean of Bowgate

85345

Felix Aylmer

as The Proctor

554381

Wally Patch

as The Buller

89534

Phyllis Calvert

as Betty Forsythe

552410

Jeanne De Casalis

as Aunt Lucy

600689

Elliott Mason

as Dame Luckton

7384

Donald Calthrop

as Guide

7682

Anthony Dawson

as Student

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Peggy Evans

as Girl

114835

Roddy Hughes

as Butler

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Mike Johnson

as Cabby

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Laurence Kitchin

as Reginald Ingleby Cox

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Stuart Latham

as Student

1534279

Derrick Penley

as

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Leonard Sharp

as Buller's Assistant

Crew

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Arthur Crabtree

Cinematography

14297

Sydney Wiles

Recording Supervision

227453

Alex Tidmarsh

Film Processor

231090

Alex Vetchinsky

Art Direction

14295

R. E. Dearing

Editor

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Edward Black

Producer

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Walter Forde

Director