Alive and Kicking

1958
1 h 34 min

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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaThree elderly ladies tire of living in an old people's home and when they heard that they are about to be separated, they make a bid for freedom. They escape to an island off the Irish coast... Ler tudoThree elderly ladies tire of living in an old people's home and when they heard that they are about to be separated, they make a bid for freedom. They escape to an island off the Irish coast and are about to occupy a group of cottages when the owner, an Irish millionaire, just re... Ler tudoThree elderly ladies tire of living in an old people's home and when they heard that they are about to be separated, they make a bid for freedom. They escape to an island off the Irish coast and are about to occupy a group of cottages when the owner, an Irish millionaire, just returned from making his fortune in America, appears on the scene.

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Curiosidades
All three starring women were over 65 when this was made, and they all lived considerably long lives after it. Sybil Thorndike died at 93 in 1976, Estelle Winwood died at 101 in 1984, and Kathleen Harrison died at 103 in 1995.

Citações
Dora: Have you got anyone, Mabel?
Mabel: Only a cousin and rather distant--twice removed and in Sumatra.

Conexões
Featured in Century of Cinema: Ourselves Alone? (1995)

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Alive and Kicking
(uncredited)
Music by Philip Green
Lyrics by Michael Carr

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7/10

Surprisingly delightful

This piece of Irish whimsy makes "The Quiet Man" look like neo-realism. "Alive and Kicking" is a totally daft delight that finds old ladies Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison and Estelle Winwood 'escape' from their Old People's Home in England only to end up on an island off the Irish coast where, with the help of the locals, including a young Richard Harris, making his film debut, they set up a business knitting sweaters for the fashion market.

It's all very silly and, if you're Irish, probably deeply patronizing but it's also hugely likable. Harrison and Winwood are excellent but it is Thorndike who steals the show. This grand-dame of British theatre has a grand old time scurrying up and down cliffs in search of birds eggs or hunting rabbits with a shotgun, (well, at least her stand-in does). Stanley Holloway is in it, too as the rich Irish-American who proves to be their saviour. Ripe for rediscovery.