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28 November 1950 (USA) morePlot:
In 1875 London, young Wheeler, who lives by scavenging, finds a cameo of Queen Victoria which he thinks so beautiful he risks his life to save it... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
A good family film. moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Irene Dunne | ... | Queen Victoria | |
| Alec Guinness | ... | Benjamin Disraeli | |
| Andrew Ray | ... | Wheeler, the Mudlark | |
| Beatrice Campbell | ... | Lady Emily Prior | |
| Finlay Currie | ... | John Brown | |
| Anthony Steel | ... | Lieutenant Charles McHatten | |
| Raymond Lovell | ... | Sergeant Footman Naseby | |
| Marjorie Fielding | ... | Lady Margaret Prior | |
| Constance Smith | ... | Kate Noonan | |
| Edward Rigby | ... | The Watchman | |
| Ronan O'Casey | ... | Slattery |
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Disraeli: Such proposals as slum clearance, public housing, educational facilities for the poor, are all wise and worthy measures and consequently will be opposed vigorously. The British are a proud and independent people, ma'am, and will not yield to improvement without a stout struggle. moreFAQ
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Quite an under-stated classic with some superb film-noir scenes shot on the river-bank.
Mudlarks, scavengers for anything at all on the Thames' tidal mud-banks, were only one of the Victorian under-class of homeless, often orphan kids forced to scratch a living, some-how, or die without raising an eye-brow in the great metropolis. This film tells how one of these poor kids attempts to see "The Mother of the Country". Andrew Ray, who plays 'Wheeler' died in 2003. The rest of the cast can never quite out-act the young lad though Findlay Currie as the boozy, kind and understanding John Brown comes close.