Alive and Kicking (1959)
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
- Starring:
- Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, (more)
- Director(s):
- Cyril Frankel
Synopsis of Alive and Kicking
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
Complete Cast of Alive and Kicking
- Sybil Thorndike - Dora
- Estelle Winwood - Mabel
- Joyce Carey - Matron
- Colin Gordon - Birdwatcher
- Liam Redmond - Old Man
- Richard Harris - Lover
- Anita Bolster - Postmistress
- Patrick McAlinney - Policeman
- Kathleen Harrison - Rosie
- Stanley Holloway - MacDonagh
- Eric Pohlmann - Captain
- John Salew - Solicitor
- Marjorie Rhodes - Old Woman
- Olive McFarland - Lover
- Paul Farrell - Postman
- Director(s):
- Cyril Frankel
- Writer(s):
- Dennis Cannan
- Producer(s):
- Victor Skutezky
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