Alive and Kicking

1h 34m
Comedy
6.9

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.

Cast

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
Paul Farrell
Postman
Patrick McAlinney
Policeman
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)
Totti Truman Taylor
Royal Personage (uncredited)
Billy Lawrence
Minor Role (uncredited)

Crew

Cyril Frankel
Director
Denis Cannan
Screenplay
Bernard Gribble
Editor
Gilbert Taylor
Director of Photography
Victor Skutezky
Producer
Robert Lennard
Casting
Philip Green
Music

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