Alive and Kicking

Plot

Dame Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison and Estelle Winwood, collectively representing some 200 years of British theatrical history, are top-billed in this feathery bit of whimsy. The starring trio plays three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence. They engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an impromptu holiday on an Irish island. Stanley Holloway plays a likeable old codger who becomes the ladies' partner in "crime." Alive and Kicking refuses to patronize its leading characters--or the mature audience to whom this charming comedy is aimed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Sybil Thorndike - Dora
• Kathleen Harrison - Rosie
• Estelle Winwood - Mabel
• Stanley Holloway - MacDonagh
• Joyce Carey - Matron

Eric Pohlmann - Captain; Colin Gordon - Birdwatcher; John Salew - Solicitor; Liam Redmond - Old Man; Marjorie Rhodes - Old Woman; Richard Harris - Lover; Olive McFarland - Lover; Anita Bolster - Postmistress; Paul Farrell - Postman; Patrick McAlinney - Policeman

Credit

Cyril Frankel - Director, Bernard Gribble - Editor, Philip Green - Composer (Music Score), Gilbert Taylor - Cinematographer, Victor Skutezky - Producer, Dennis Cannan - Screenwriter

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