A Kid for Two Farthings
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.
Carol Reed
Casts & Crew
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
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