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A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
Directed by Carol Reed
Overview
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true.
Rated NR | Length 96 minutes
Actors
Celia Johnson | Diana Dors | David Kossoff | Joe Robinson | Jonathan Ashmore | Brenda De Banzie | Primo Carnera | Lou Jacobi | Sid James | Irene Handl | Sydney Tafler | Danny Green | Vera Day | Daphne Anderson | Joseph Tomelty | Harold Berens | Bart Allison | Barbara Archer | Harry Baird | Alfie Bass | Bruce Beeby | Paddy Brannigan | Madge Brindley | Eddie Byrne | Peter Gilmore | Harold Goodwin | Nora Gordon | George Hurst | Lily Kann | Harold Kasket | Sam Kydd | Harry Locke | Arthur Lovegrove | Edward Malin | Lew Marco | Spike Milligan | Norman Mitchell | Judith Nelmes | Jim O'Brady | Mollie Palmer | Dido Plumb | Raymond Rollett | Marigold Russell | Charles Saynor | Jack Sharp | Arthur Skinner | Derek Sydney | Robert Brooks Turner | Barbara Windsor