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An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)

Director: J Lee Thompson

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From Time Out Film Guide

Not quite a musical, not effectively a comedy, but mainly an aberration, this outpouring of Rank stupidity somehow generates an absurd fascination. The title character Daisy is passed on to aspiring tunesmith Sinden by a salty old seadog, and soon herself tangled in romantic complications 'twixt chirpy vet Carson and posh hottie Dors. Individual scenes with one docile reptile prove manageable, but when newspaper magnate Robertson Justice calls an 'alligator rally' (don't ask!), sheer desperation amuses as we spot stuffed alligators, alligator glove puppets and plastic alligators on castors. Filling out the fray, unbilled cameos from Frankie Howerd, Jimmy Edwards and Gilbert Harding, plus a screen bow for a certain hunk of Ulster beef who'd be racing a chariot against Chuck Heston just four years hence.

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Cast & crew

Director: J Lee Thompson

Producer: Raymond Stross

Cast: Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, Diana Dors, James Robertson Justice, Roland Culver, Stanley Holloway, Avice Landone, Richard Wattis, Stephen Boyd, Ernest Thesiger full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 85 mins


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