A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)

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Written by Wolf Mankowitz

Directed by Carol Reed

Running Time: 90 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1955

Rating: U Certificate

Production Country: UK

Filmed in Colour

Adapted from Wolf Mankowitz's novel, Carol Reed's A Kid for Two Farthings is a poetic fable. Set in Petticoat Lane, it focuses on young Joe, who lives with his mother Joanna above a tailor shop owned by Kandinsky. The tailor explains to Joe, through the legend of the unicorn, that everyone's dreams and wishes can come true and when the lad discovers a one-horned goat, he's determined to help realise all the wishes of his hard-working neighbours.

Cast

Image for Celia JohnsonCelia JohnsonJoanna
Diana DorsSonia
David KossoffKandinsky
Joe RobinsonSam
Jonathan AshmoreJoe
Brenda de Banzie'Lady' Ruby
Primo CarneraPython Macklin
Lou JacobiBlackie Isaacs
Irene HandlMrs. Abramowitz
Danny GreenBason
Sydney TaflerMadame Rita
Sid JamesIce Berg
Daphne AndersonDora
Joseph TomeltyVagrant
Harold BerensOliver

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