Alive and Kicking (1959)
1h 34m
Running Time
July 13, 1959Release Date
Plot.
Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an impromptu holiday on an Irish island.
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Cast & Crew.
Sybil Thorndike
Dora
Kathleen Harrison
Rosie
Estelle Winwood
Mabel
Stanley Holloway
MacDonagh
Joyce Carey
Matron
Eric Pohlmann
Captain
Colin Gordon
Bird Watcher
John Salew
Solicitor
Liam Redmond
Old Man
Marjorie Rhodes
Old Woman
Olive McFarland
Lover
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Postmistress
William Dinner
Writer
Paul Farrell
Postman
Patrick McAlinney
Policeman
William Morum
Writer
Raymond Manthorpe
Little Boy
Tony Quinn
Villager
Harry Hutchinson
Villager
Brendan O'Dowda
Singer
Joseph MacNally
Singer
Richard Harris
Lover
Liz Fraser
June (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Russian Trawlerman (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Alive and Kicking is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Estelle Winwood and Stanley Holloway, with Richard Harris making his film debut. Three women run away from a retirement home in order to avoid being separated. They eventually end up running a successful cottage industry sweater business on a remote island offshore of Ireland (although the film was shot in Scotland).In 1964, the film was released in the US, with the film trailer establishing a tie-in to Stanley Holloway's success in My Fair Lady.
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