A Kid for Two Farthings
- Released on
- Runtime
- 96 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Celia Johnson
- Diana Dors
- David Kossoff
- Joe Robinson
- Jonathan Ashmore
- Brenda De Banzie
- Primo Carnera
- Lou Jacobi
- Sidney 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 Brady
- Mollie Palmer
- Dido Plumb
- Raymond Rollett
- Marigold Russell
- Charles Saynor
- Jack Sharp
- Arthur Skinner
- Derek Sydney
- Robert Brooks Turner
- Barbara Windsor
Director
- Carol Reed
Producers
- Carol Reed
Screenwriter
- Wolf Mankowitz
