According to Mrs. Hoyle is a 1951 American second feature crime film directed by Jean Yarbrough, written by Scott Darling and Barney Gerard and starring Spring Byington, Anthony Caruso, Tanis Chandler and Brett King. It was released on May 20, 1951 by Monogram Pictures. The title is a reference to the common phrase "according to Hoyle".

Plot

Retired schoolteacher Mrs. Hoyle, recognized for her reformation of young men, has lived at a second-rate hotel for 25 years when gang leader Morganti buys the hotel. Morganti, who wants to abandon his life of crime, evicts many residents, but Mrs. Hoyle convinces him to allow her and dancehall girl Angela Brown to remain. Morganti's henchman Eddie Slattery falls in love with Angela and recognizes Mrs. Hoyle as his long-lost mother, but he does not disclose his knowledge. Mrs. Hoyle does not recognize Eddie because she has not seen him since her husband James, whom she thinks was a traveling salesman, mysteriously left her years earlier, taking their young son with him.