Runner
2026 · Action · Comedy
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Film / 1959
Alive and Kicking
Directed by
Cyril Frankel
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.
The story
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.
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Cast
Sybil ThorndikeDora
Kathleen HarrisonRosie
Estelle WinwoodMabel
Stanley HollowayMacDonagh
Joyce CareyMatron
Eric PohlmannCaptain
Colin GordonBird Watcher
John SalewSolicitor
Liam RedmondOld Man
Marjorie RhodesOld Woman
Olive McFarlandLover
Anita Sharp-BolsterPostmistress
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Paul FarrellPostman
Patrick McAlinneyPoliceman
Raymond ManthorpeLittle Boy
Tony QuinnVillager
Harry HutchinsonVillager
Brendan O'DowdaSinger
Joseph MacNallySinger
Richard HarrisLover
Liz FraserJune (uncredited)
George HilsdonRussian Trawlerman (uncredited)
Totti Truman TaylorRoyal Personage (uncredited)
Billy Lawrence(uncredited)
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