An Alligator Named Daisy

Dec 13, 1955

1h 25m

★ 6.2

Britain's new laughter team

Overview

Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he develops a relationship with a young Irishwoman who appears to be entwined with the reptile. He soon discovers that Daisy is tame and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

The Rank Organisation

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Cast

Peter Weston

Donald Sinden

Vanessa Colebrook

Diana Dors

Moira O'Shannon

Jeannie Carson

Sir James Colebrook

James Robertson Justice

Colonel Geoffrey Weston

Roland Culver

The General

Stanley Holloway

Mrs. Weston

Avice Landone

Hoskins

Richard Wattis

Albert O'Shannon

Stephen Boyd

Prudence Croquet

Margaret Rutherford

M.C. at Alligator Rally (uncredited)

Frankie Howerd

Valet

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