Alive and Kicking (1958)
With Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Estelle Winwood, Stanley Holloway
Directed by Cyril Frankel
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).
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