February 10, 2012

Films

Said O’Reilly to McNab – 1937 | 83 mins | Comedy | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Said O'Reilly to McNab

Brightly written yet mundane comedy. Malcolm McNab (Bill Fyffe) is a retired Scottish businessman who refuses to let his daughter marry a young man named Terry O’Reilly (Will Mahoney). Terry’s father, Timothy, decides to visit his son in order to avoid a group of treasury agents from America who are interested in a dubious company he has set up. So he meets the McNabs, and ends up placing various bets that he inevitably loses. Then McNab decides to go into business with him. At last things are looking up. That is until the investigators turn up, demanding a few explanations.

Production Team

William Beaudine: Director
Alex Vetchinsky: Art Direction
Arthur Crabtree: Cinematography
Leslie Arliss: Script
Marriott Edgar: Script
WS Salter: Sound Department

Cast

Will Mahoney: Colonel Timothy O\’Reilly
Will Fyffe: Malcolm McNab
Ellis Drake: Mrs McNab
Jean Winstanley: Mary McNab
James Carney: Terence O\’Reilly
Sandy McDougal: Jock McKay
Marianne Davis: Sophie
Lillian Urquhart: Maggie



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