Alive and Kicking (1959)

Directed by

Cyril Frankel

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three elderly women escape a retirement home to avoid being split up. They start a sweater business on a remote island off Ireland.

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What happens

Alive and Kicking is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Estelle Winwood and Stanley Holloway, with Richard Harris making his film debut. Three women run away from a retirement home in order to avoid being separated. They eventually end up running a successful cottage industry sweater business on a remote island offshore of Ireland (although the film was shot in Scotland). In 1964, the film was released in the US, with the film trailer establishing a tie-in to Stanley Holloway's success in My Fair Lady. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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