A Kid for Two Farthings

A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)


  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • Release Date: 1955-08-15
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 25 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: London Films Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Carol Reed
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From 25 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Celia Johnson

    as Joanna

  • Diana Dors

    as Sonia

  • David Kossoff

    as Avrom Kandinsky

  • Joe Robinson

    as Sam Heppner

  • Jonathan Ashmore

    as Joe

  • Brenda De Banzie

    as Lady Ruby

  • Primo Carnera

    as Python Macklin

  • Lou Jacobi

    as Blackie Isaacs

  • Sidney James

    as Ice Berg

  • Irene Handl

    as Mrs. Abramowitz

  • Sydney Tafler

    as Madam Rita

  • Danny Green

    as Bully Bason

  • Vera Day

    as Mimi

  • Daphne Anderson

    as Dora

  • Joseph Tomelty

    as Vagrant

  • Harold Berens

    as Oliver

  • Bart Allison

    as Auctioneer (uncredited)

  • Barbara Archer

    as Madam Rita's Workroom Girl (uncredited)

  • Harry Baird

    as Jamaica (uncredited)

  • Alfie Bass

    as Alf the Bird Man (uncredited)

  • Bruce Beeby

    as Policeman (uncredited)

  • Paddy Brannigan

    as Market Patron (uncredited)

  • Madge Brindley

    as Mrs. Quinn (uncredited)

  • Eddie Byrne

    as Sylvester the Photographer (uncredited)

  • Peter Gilmore

    as Walk on part (uncredited)

  • Harold Goodwin

    as Chick Man (uncredited)

  • Nora Gordon

    as Customer (uncredited)

  • George Hurst

    as Dog Man (uncredited)

  • Lily Kann

    as Mrs. Kramm (uncredited)

  • Harold Kasket

    as (uncredited)

  • Sam Kydd

    as (uncredited)

  • Harry Locke

    as Stallholder (uncredited)

  • Arthur Lovegrove

    as Postman (uncredited)

  • Edward Malin

    as Dog Man (uncredited)

  • Lew Marco

    as Referee (uncredited)

  • Spike Milligan

    as Indian with Grey Beard (uncredited)

  • Norman Mitchell

    as Stallholder (uncredited)

  • Judith Nelmes

    as Alf's Customer (uncredited)

  • Jim Brady

    as Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

  • Mollie Palmer

    as Madam Rita's Workroom Girl (uncredited)

  • Dido Plumb

    as Wrestling Match Audience (uncredited)

  • Raymond Rollett

    as Breakaway China Stallholder (uncredited)

  • Marigold Russell

    as Customer's Girlfriend (uncredited)

  • Charles Saynor

    as Hokey Pokey Man (uncredited)

  • Jack Sharp

    as Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

  • Arthur Skinner

    as Stallholder (uncredited)

  • Derek Sydney

    as Indian Fortune Teller (uncredited)

  • Robert Brooks Turner

    as Porter (uncredited)

  • Barbara Windsor

    as Blonde with a Crush on Sam (uncredited)
Writing Wolf Mankowitz Screenplay
Writing Wolf Mankowitz Novel
Directing Carol Reed Director
Costume & Make-Up Barbara Barnard Hairstylist
Camera Edward Scaife Director of Photography
Art Wilfred Shingleton Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Anna Duse Costume Design
Production Alexander Korda Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Tony Sforzini Makeup Department Head
Production Carol Reed Producer
Costume & Make-Up George Frost Makeup Artist
Editing Bert Bates Editor
Directing John Bremer Assistant Director
Sound Benjamin Frankel Original Music Composer
Production John Palmer Production Manager
Sound Ken Ritchie Boom Operator
Production Margaret Townsend Production Secretary
Directing Jack N. Green Third Assistant Director

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