An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)

6.4/10 85 min Comedy Romance

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.

Cast

Donald Sinden

Peter Weston

Diana Dors

Vanessa Colebrook

Jeannie Carson

Moira O'Shannon

James Robertson Justice

Sir James Colebrook

Roland Culver

Colonel Geoffrey Weston

Stanley Holloway

The General

Avice Landone

Mrs. Weston

Richard Wattis

Hoskins

Stephen Boyd

Albert O'Shannon

Margaret Rutherford

Prudence Croquet

Frankie Howerd

M.C. at Alligator Rally (uncredited)

Henry Kendall

Valet

Michael Shepley

The Judge

Wilfrid Lawson

Irishman (uncredited)

Ernest Thesiger

Notcher (uncredited)

Carol White

Girl (uncredited)

Ronnie Stevens

Singer (uncredited)

Charles Carson

Wilfred Smethers (uncredited)

Joan Hickson

Piano Customer (uncredited)

Maurice Kaufmann

Ed (uncredited)

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