

Alive and Kicking(1959)
Overview
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.
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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
Joseph MacNally
Singer

Richard Harris
Lover

Liz Fraser
June (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Russian Trawlerman (uncredited)

Totti Truman Taylor
Royal Personage (uncredited)
Billy Lawrence
Minor Role (uncredited)
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