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Alive and Kicking

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.

Top Cast

  • Sybil Thorndike

    Sybil Thorndike

    Dora

  • Kathleen Harrison

    Kathleen Harrison

    Rosie

  • Estelle Winwood

    Estelle Winwood

    Mabel

  • Stanley Holloway

    Stanley Holloway

    MacDonagh

  • Joyce Carey

    Joyce Carey

    Matron

  • Eric Pohlmann

    Eric Pohlmann

    Captain

  • Colin Gordon

    Colin Gordon

    Bird Watcher

  • John Salew

    John Salew

    Solicitor

  • Liam Redmond

    Liam Redmond

    Old Man

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.

Rating

7.1 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Sep 22, 2024

    No, the story isn't great - but the delivery is really quite good fun. Three elderly ladies, who are not yet ready to be consigned to the scrap heap, pinch a boat and escape from their retirement home. They alight on a tiny Irish island where they befriend the wealthy Stanley Holloway ("MacDonagh") and establish a thriving business with the locals knitting fine Aran sweaters. My personal favourite amongst the runaways was Estelle Winwood's "Mabel", but there are also amusing contributions from Dame Sybil Thorndike ("Dora") and Kathleen Harrison, who wasn't anywhere near her best, as "Rosie". What I had forgotten, too, was that Stanley Holloway had quite a good singing voice - though his delivery is a bit overly theatrical. Add some mischief and some bonhomie - especially with Russian fishing boat captain Eric Pohlmann, and we have an entertaining drama that shows the three having a lark - and that is contagious. Well worth a watch, this.

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