The Life of Riley
Comedy
⭐ 7.0 / 10(149)
Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"
- Runtime
- 30m
- Released
- 1948
Details
Release year: 1948
Storyline
Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"
Top credits
Cast
See all 55 credits →- Rosemary DeCamp — Peg Riley, Mom, Peg
- Jackie Gleason — Chester A. Riley, Chester Riley
- Lanny Rees — Junior Riley, Junior
- Sid Tomack — Jim Gillis, Gillis
Awards
1 win & 0 nominations
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