Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

Name: Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1940-08-31
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham Moffatt

19401940
TV-GTV-G
1h 15m

6.0/10

148

Comedy

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.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.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.

6.0/10

148

Director
- Walter Forde
Writers
- Brandon Thomas(adapted from the famous farce by)
- J.O.C. Orton(screen play)
- Marriott Edgar(screen play)
Stars

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Arthur Askey at an event for Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)

Arthur Askey, Graham Moffatt, and Richard Murdoch in Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)

Arthur Askey

Arthur Lindenas Arthur Linden

Richard Murdoch

'Stinker' Burtonas 'Stinker' Burton

Graham Moffatt

Albert Brownas Albert Brown

Moore Marriott

Jerryas Jerry

J.H. Roberts

Dean of Bowgateas Dean of Bowgate

Felix Aylmer

The Proctoras The Proctor

Wally Patch

The Bulleras The Buller

Phyllis Calvert

Betty Forsytheas Betty Forsythe

Jeanne De Casalis

Aunt Lucyas Aunt Lucy
(as Jeanne de Casalis)

Elliott Mason

Dame Lucktonas Dame Luckton
(as Elliot Mason)

Donald Calthrop

Guideas Guide
(uncredited)

Anthony Dawson

Studentas Student
(uncredited)

Peggy Evans

Girlas Girl
(uncredited)

Roddy Hughes

Butleras Butler
(uncredited)

Mike Johnson

Cabbyas Cabby
(uncredited)

Laurence Kitchin

Reginald Ingleby Coxas Reginald Ingleby Cox
(uncredited)

Stuart Latham

Studentas Student
(uncredited)

Derrick Penley

Director
- Walter Forde
Writers
- Brandon Thomas(adapted from the famous farce by)
- J.O.C. Orton(screen play)
- Marriott Edgar(screen play)
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After a night of drunken revelry, Oxford student and prankster Arthur Linden-Jones is confined to school grounds. That evening, Arthur has the lead in the Victorian farce "Charley's Aunt." Not wanting to loose the profit from ticket sales, Arthur sneaks off campus. His escapades find him and his friends, Burton and Brown, in even deeper trouble. Appealing to their Dean's interest in Egypt, they create a story about Brown's philanthropic aunt being an Egyptologist. When the Dean requests a meeting with the lady, Arthur puts on a dress and becomes "Aunt Lucy." —L. Hamre

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Genre
- Comedy
Certificate
- TV-G
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Brandon Thomas's play, "Charley's Aunt," opened in London, England on 21 December 1892.

Connections
Referenced in The Heavenly Body (1944)

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10/10

One of the funniest films I've ever seen

To appreciate the humour of Charley's Big-Hearted Aunt, I suppose you have to be an Askey fan, and used to his types of jokes - for example, plenty of dress-ups! I found this to be one of the funniest Askey comedies I have ever seen. And it was lovely to see Phyllis Calvert in an early role, before she became typecast as the perennial Lady. Here she was perfect as a young college student - a real goody-goody at times, and as cheeky as the boys at others. I'd recommend anyone who's a fan of either (or both), or who's just after an easy laugh, to give this a go. There's some real laugh out loud and "oh no!" moments and the whole thing works wonderfully well. 10/10

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