An Alligator Named Daisy

An Alligator Named Daisy

85 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 13, 1955

Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he develops a relationship with a young Irishwoman who appears to be entwined with the reptile. He soon discovers that Daisy is tame and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.

An Alligator Named Daisy

85 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 13, 1955

An Alligator Named Daisy
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he develops a relationship with a young Irishwoman who appears to be entwined with the reptile. He soon discovers that Daisy is tame and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers The Rank Organisation
Original title An Alligator Named Daisy
Directors J. Lee Thompson
Writers Charles Terrot, Jack Davies

Cast

Donald Sinden

as Peter Weston

Diana Dors

as Vanessa Colebrook

Jeannie Carson

as Moira O'Shannon

James Robertson Justice

as Sir James Colebrook

Roland Culver

as Colonel Geoffrey Weston

Stanley Holloway

as The General

Avice Landone

as Mrs. Weston

Richard Wattis

as Hoskins

Stephen Boyd

as Albert O'Shannon

Margaret Rutherford

as Prudence Croquet

Frankie Howerd

as M.C. at Alligator Rally (uncredited)

Henry Kendall

as Valet

Michael Shepley

as The Judge

Wilfrid Lawson

as Irishman (uncredited)

Ernest Thesiger

as Notcher (uncredited)

Carol White

as Girl (uncredited)

Ronnie Stevens

as Singer (uncredited)

Charles Carson

as Wilfred Smethers (uncredited)

Joan Hickson

as Piano Customer (uncredited)

Maurice Kaufmann

as Ed (uncredited)

Violet Farebrother

as Woman in Wheelchair (uncredited)

Edie Martin

as Wheelchair Pusher (uncredited)

Martin Miller

as Bandleader at Alligator Rally (uncredited)

Prince Monolulu

as Prince Monolulu (uncredited)

Nicholas Parsons

as News Interviewer (uncredited)

Tony Selby

as Boy with Stick (uncredited)

Bill Shine

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

as Man Dancing at Party (uncredited)

George Woodbridge

as PC Jorkins (uncredited)

Victor Harrington

as Man in Music Shop (uncredited)

Harry Green

as Irving J. Rosenbloom (uncredited)