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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Sybil Thorndike as Dora
Kathleen Harrison as Rosie
Estelle Winwood as Mabel
Stanley Holloway as MacDonagh
Joyce Carey as Matron
Eric Pohlmann as Captain
Colin Gordon as Bird Watcher
John Salew as Solicitor
Liam Redmond as Old Man
Marjorie Rhodes as Old Woman
Olive McFarland as Lover
Anita Sharp-Bolster as Postmistress
Paul Farrell as Postman
Patrick McAlinney as Policeman
Raymond Manthorpe as Little Boy
Tony Quinn as Villager
Cyril Frankel Director
Denis Cannan Screenplay
Victor Skutezky Producer
Robert Lennard Casting
Philip Green Music
Bernard Gribble Editor
Gilbert Taylor Director of Photography
United Kingdom 01 December 1958
United States 24 June 1964
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