- Country: UK
- Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Release: 1956-06-29
- Director: J. Lee Thompson
- Writers: Charles Terrot , Jack Davies
- Language: English | Spanish | German
- Stars: Donald Sinden , Diana Dors , Jeannie Carson , James Robertson Justice , Stanley Holloway (1890–1982) , Roland Culver , Margaret Rutherford , Avice Landone , Stephen Boyd , Richard Wattis
- Runtime: 85 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: An Alligator Named Daisy , An Alligator Named Daisy (France, French Republic) , Aligator Stokrotka (Poland) , A Costela do Diabo (Brazil) , Ein Alligator namens Daisy (Germany) , Det ska va' en krokodil i år (Sweden) , An Alligator Named Daisy (Canada) , Daisy går i vannet (Norway) , An Alligator Named Daisy (United Kingdom) , An Alligator Named Daisy (United States of America) , Un caimán llamado Daisy (Spain) , Alligaattori Amorina (Finland) , Daisy (Norway)
- Plot: After holidaying in Ireland, Peter Weston, a London music department sales clerk and aspiring songwriter/musician, meets Irish lass Moira O'Shannon aboard the overnight sailing back to England, and attracted to her, offers her a ride back to London once they dock, which she accepts. His attraction to her is despite he already being engaged to Vanessa Colebrook, the daughter of wealthy Sir James Colebrook, Peter himself not coming from wealth which may be an issue for Sir James. Peter's attraction to Moira to some extent doesn't matter as Moira too is already engaged, her fiancé Albert currently working in South America. By the time Peter and Moira are ready to disembark the ship, Peter has reluctantly inherited something: a live alligator named Daisy, albeit a tame one. While Peter, who in general is scared of reptiles, wants to get rid of her in any way he can, Moira does whatever she can to ensure he doesn't, she an animal lover in being an animal keeper at the London Zoo. As Peter figures out what to do about Daisy, he gets into one misadventure after another, with some having a similar initial reaction as his when first unexpectedly meeting Daisy, while he also discovers some like Moira who have an affection for Daisy. As Peter becomes attached to Daisy himself, the triangle that ends up being himself, Vanessa and Moira becomes more pronounced as he continues to hide Daisy's existence from Vanessa. That triangle ends up being a square of sorts when Albert returns from abroad, he not quite as Moira had depicted him.
- IMDB:tt0047813
An Alligator Named Daisy Cast · · · ALL
J. Lee Thompson
Director
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
(1890–1982)
The General
Avice Landone
Mrs. Weston
Richard Wattis
Hoskins
Stephen Boyd
Albert O'Shannon
Margaret Rutherford
Prudence Croquet
Frankie Howerd
(1917–1992)
M.C. at Alligator Rally (uncredited)
Henry Kendall
Valet
Michael Shepley
The Judge
Wilfrid Lawson
(1900–1966)
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)
Violet Farebrother
Woman in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Edie Martin
Wheelchair Pusher (uncredited)
Martin Miller
Bandleader at Alligator Rally (uncredited)
Nicholas Parsons
News Interviewer (uncredited)
Tony Selby
Boy with Stick (uncredited)