An Alligator Named Daisy (Original title)
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 19 December 1955 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: J. Lee-thompson
Synopsis: Story of a young man, whose life becomes very involved when he inherits an alligator.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 7975 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n264 January 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2527 1 Dec 1955 Page: 17
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2527 1 Dec 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7009 28 Nov 1955 Page: 10
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7009 28 Nov 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v85 n7405 28 Nov 1955 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v85 n7405 28 Nov 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 28 Dec 1955 Page: 6
Title: [Variety - 28 Dec 1955: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 15892 FeetBFI identifier: C-764384
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 11339 FeetBFI identifier: C-1296289
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7944 FeetBFI identifier: C-763532
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 19 December 1955 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: J. Lee-thompson
Synopsis: Story of a young man, whose life becomes very involved when he inherits an alligator.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 7975 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(42)
Production Company: Group Film Productions, Presents: The Rank Organisation, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, Produced by: Raymond Stross, Production Manager: Jack Swinburne, Production Controller: Arthur Alcott, Assistant Director: Pat Marsden, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Geoffrey Helman, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Harold Orton, Continuity: Tilly Day, [Casting Director]: Weston Drury Jr, Screenplay by: Jack Davies, Based on the novel by: Charles Terrot, Director of Photography: Reginald Wyer, Camera Operator: David Harcourt, [Focus Puller]: John Alcott, [Clapper Loader]: Bernard Ford, [Stills]: Harry Gillard, Special Effects: W. Warrington, [Models]: Jimmy Snow, Film Editor: John D. Guthridge, Art Director: Michael Stringer, [Set Dresser]: Vernon Dixon, [Construction Manager]: Ted Hughes, Costume Supervisor: Yvonne Caffin, Jean Carson's Dresses by: Kitty Preston, [Ladies Wardrobe Supervisor]: Dorothy Edwards, [Men's Wardrobe Supervisor]: Bob Raynor, Make Up: George Blackler, [Hairdresser]: Biddy Chrystal, Songs by: Sam Coslow, 'I'm in Love For the Very First Time' by: Paddy Roberts, Music Arranged and Directed by: Stanley Black, Music Recording: Ted Drake, Choreography: Alfred Rodrigues, Sound Recordist: John W. Mitchell, Gordon K. McCallum, Sound Editor: Roger Cherrill, [Boom Operator]: Basil Fenton-Smith, John Brommage, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
(49)
Donald Sinden (Peter Weston), Diana Dors (Vanessa Colebrook), Jean Carson (Moira O'Shannon), James Robertson Justice (Sir James Colebrook), Stanley Holloway (General, Peter's grandfather), Roland Culver (Colonel Geoffrey Weston), Margaret Rutherford (Prudence Croquet), Avice Landone (Mrs Weston), Stephen Boyd (Albert O'Shannon), Richard Wattis (Hoskins), Henry Kendall (Sir James's valet), Michael Shepley (alligator judge), Ken Mackintosh & His Band (band), Patrick Cargill ([steward]), Wilfrid Lawson ([Irishman, Daisy's original owner]), Arnold Bell ([customs man]), Colin Freer ([garage boy]), George Woodbridge ([Jorkins, police constable]), Charles Victor ([police sergeant]), Ernest Thesiger ([Notcher]), Joan Hickson ([woman interested in pianoforte]), Harry Green ([Irving J. Rosenbloom]), Maurice Kaufmann ([Ed]), George Moon ([Al]), Cyril Chamberlain ([man with glass at party]), Charles Carson ([Wilfred Smethers]), Myrette Morven ([Mrs Smethers]), Don Cameron ([vocalist]), Martin Miller ([band leader at alligator rally]), Nicholas Parsons ([newsreel interviewer]), Ras Prince Monolulu, Gilbert Harding, Frankie Howerd ([himself]), Ronnie Stevens ([singer]), John Vere ([Bishop of Clandon]), Jack Newmark ([scout leader]), Jimmy Edwards ([himself]), Joan Young ([woman in tweeds]), Violet Farebrother ([woman in wheelchair]), Edie Martin ([wheelchair pusher]), Jemma Hyde, Carol White, Shandra Walden, Gareth Tandy, George Howell, Robert Howell, Markham Richards, Ann Cooke, Alan Coleshill
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n264 January 1956 Page: 6Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n264 January 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2527 1 Dec 1955 Page: 17
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2527 1 Dec 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7009 28 Nov 1955 Page: 10
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7009 28 Nov 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v85 n7405 28 Nov 1955 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v85 n7405 28 Nov 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 28 Dec 1955 Page: 6
Title: [Variety - 28 Dec 1955: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 15892 FeetBFI identifier: C-764384
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 11339 FeetBFI identifier: C-1296289
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7944 FeetBFI identifier: C-763532
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film