Film
Alive and Kicking
United Kingdom- Age rating
- NR
- Director
- Cyril Frankel
- Year
- 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.
Top 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
Directed by
Cyril Frankel
Written by
Denis Cannan
Produced by
Victor Skutezky
