The Love Hypothesis
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Film / 1955
An Alligator Named Daisy
Directed by
J. Lee Thompson
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Donald SindenPeter Weston
Diana DorsVanessa Colebrook
Jeannie CarsonMoira O'Shannon
James Robertson JusticeSir James Colebrook
Roland CulverColonel Geoffrey Weston
Stanley HollowayThe General
Avice LandoneMrs. Weston
Richard WattisHoskins
Stephen BoydAlbert O'Shannon
Margaret RutherfordPrudence Croquet
Frankie HowerdM.C. at Alligator Rally (uncredited)
Henry KendallValet
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Michael ShepleyThe Judge
Wilfrid LawsonIrishman (uncredited)
Ernest ThesigerNotcher (uncredited)
Carol WhiteGirl (uncredited)
Ronnie StevensSinger (uncredited)
Charles CarsonWilfred Smethers (uncredited)
Joan HicksonPiano Customer (uncredited)
Maurice KaufmannEd (uncredited)
Violet FarebrotherWoman in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Edie MartinWheelchair Pusher (uncredited)
Martin MillerBandleader at Alligator Rally (uncredited)
Prince MonoluluPrince Monolulu (uncredited)
Nicholas ParsonsNews Interviewer (uncredited)
Tony SelbyBoy with Stick (uncredited)
Bill ShineUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Guy StandevenMan Dancing at Party (uncredited)
George WoodbridgePC Jorkins (uncredited)
Victor HarringtonMan in Music Shop (uncredited)
Harry GreenIrving J. Rosenbloom (uncredited)
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