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An Alligator Named Daisy is a British film of genre Comedy directed by J. Lee Thompson with Donald Sinden
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
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Add to a movie listAn Alligator Named Daisy is a 1955 British comedy film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, James Robertson Justice, Diana Dors, Roland Culver and Stanley Holloway.
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Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston, an Englishman, is left a pet alligator by another passenger who abandons it to him. He is horrified and his first instinct is to get rid of it as soon as possible. However, he soon develops a bond with a young Irishwoman which appears to be centred almost entirely around the animal. He soon discovers that Daisy is very tame and domesticated, and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.Actors
Donald Sinden
(Peter Weston)
Jeannie Carson
(Moira O'Shannon)
James Robertson Justice
(Sir James Colebrook)
Diana Dors
(Vanessa Colebrook)
Stanley Holloway
(The General)
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