"Based on the Hit Radio Show" 16 April 1949 Comedy 90 mins
Inspired by the popular '40s radio show of the same title, director Irving Brecher's 1949 comedy stars William Bendix as a hard-working husband-and-father with no shortage of family problems.
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William Bendix as Chester A. Riley
Rosemary DeCamp as Peg Riley
James Gleason as Gillis
Beulah Bondi as Martha Bogle
Bill Goodwin as Sidney Monahan
Meg Randall as Barbara Riley
Richard Long as Jeff Taylor
Ted de Corsia as Norman
Mark Daniels as Burt Stevenson
Victoria Horne as Lucy Monahan
John Brown as Digger O'Dell
Lanny Rees as Junior Riley
Irving Brecher Director
Irving Brecher Writer
Groucho Marx Story
Irving Brecher Producer
Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
Milton Carruth Editor
John DeCuir Art Direction
Bernard Herzbrun Art Direction
Rosemary Odell Costume Design
William H. Daniels Director of Photography
Emmy Eckhardt Hairstylist
United States 16 April 1949
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Riley's sore throat is traced to his tonsils and he's ordered to have them removed. It's all his family and friends can do to get him to the hospital for his operation.
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The Life of Riley with William Bendix in the title role was a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature ...
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