Alive and Kicking (Original title)
Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 15 June 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Cyril Frankel
Synopsis: Story of three old ladies, fugitives from a home, who establish a thriving sweater-making industry on a remote Irish island.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8548 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n301 February 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 24 Jun 1959
Title: [Variety - 24 Jun 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8152 11 May 1959 Page: 6
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8152 11 May 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2680 25 Dec 1958 Page: 14
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2680 25 Dec 1958: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9000 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-1698
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 15 June 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Cyril Frankel
Synopsis: Story of three old ladies, fugitives from a home, who establish a thriving sweater-making industry on a remote Irish island.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8548 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(31)
©: Diador Film Productions, Production Company: Diador Film Productions, Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation, Producer: Victor Skutezky, Production Manager: Victor Peck, Assistant Director: Jeremy Summers, Continuity: June Randall, Casting Director: Robert Lennard, Scenario Editor: Frederick Gotfurt, Screenplay: Denis Cannan, Based on an idea by: William Dinner, William Morum, Director of Photography: Gilbert Taylor, Camera Operator: Tony White, Editor: Bernard Gribble, Art Director: Robert Jones, Wardrobe Designer: Anna Duse, Wardrobe Mistress: Jackie Jackson, Make-up: Eric Aylott, Hair Stylist: Polly Young, Music composed and conducted: Philip Green, Lyricist: Michael Carr, Music Coach: Lambert Williamson, Dances: Denys Palmer, Sound Recording: Richard Bird, Sound Recording: Len Shilton, Recording Director [Music]: A.W. Lumkin, Dubbing Editor: Charles Crafford, [Publicity Director]: Alan Thomson, Studio: Associated British Elstree Studios
Cast
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Sybil Thorndike (Dora), Kathleen Harrison (Rosie), Estelle Winwood (Mabel), Stanley Holloway (MacDonagh), Liam Redmond (old man), Marjorie Rhodes (old woman), Richard Harris (Patrick, the lover), Olive McFarland (Mary, the lover), John Salew (Mr Twigg, solicitor), Eric Pohlmann (Russian captain), Colin Gordon (birdwatcher), Joyce Carey (matron), Anita Sharp Bolster (postmistress), Paul Farrell (postman), Patrick McAlinney (policeman), Raymond Manthorpe (little boy), Tony Quinn, Harry Hutchinson (villager), Brendan O'Dowda, Joseph Macnally (singer), Lynne Roberts, Billy Lawrence, Sandra Robb, Teresa Hall, Francis Lennon, Peter Evans, Brian Jacobs, Kevin Green, Peter Hicks, John Bush, Janet Hart, Colin Pike, Janice Leaker, Yvonne Hawley, Janice Hawley, Biddy Lennon ([]), Totti Truman Taylor ([royal personage])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v26 n301 February 1959 Page: 17Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n301 February 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 24 Jun 1959
Title: [Variety - 24 Jun 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8152 11 May 1959 Page: 6
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8152 11 May 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2680 25 Dec 1958 Page: 14
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2680 25 Dec 1958: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9000 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-1698
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film