Alive and Kicking

Alive and Kicking

94 mins | Comedy | July 13, 1959

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.

Alive and Kicking

94 mins | Comedy | July 13, 1959

Alive and Kicking
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Diador
Original title Alive and Kicking
Directors Cyril Frankel
Writers Denis Cannan

Cast

Sybil Thorndike

as Dora

Estelle Winwood

as Mabel

Stanley Holloway

as MacDonagh

Joyce Carey

as Matron

Eric Pohlmann

as Captain

Colin Gordon

as Bird Watcher

John Salew

as Solicitor

Liam Redmond

as Old Man

Marjorie Rhodes

as Old Woman

Olive McFarland

as Lover

Anita Sharp-Bolster

as Postmistress

Paul Farrell

as Postman

Patrick McAlinney

as Policeman

Raymond Manthorpe

as Little Boy

Tony Quinn

as Villager

Harry Hutchinson

as Villager

Brendan O'Dowda

as Singer

Joseph MacNally

as Singer

Richard Harris

as Lover

George Hilsdon

as Russian Trawlerman (uncredited)

Totti Truman Taylor

as Royal Personage (uncredited)