A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)

In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor ... See full summary »

Director:

Carol Reed

Writers:

Wolf Mankowitz (book), Wolf Mankowitz (screenplay)

Stars:

Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Celia Johnson	...	Joanna
Diana Dors	...	Sonia
David Kossoff	...	Avrom Kandinsky
Joe Robinson	...	Sam Heppner
Jonathan Ashmore	...	Joe
Brenda de Banzie	...	'Lady' Ruby
Primo Carnera	...	Python Macklin
Lou Jacobi	...	Blackie Isaacs
Irene Handl	...	Mrs. Abramowitz
Danny Green	...	Bully Bason
Sydney Tafler	...	Madam Rita
Sid James	...	Ice Berg (as Sidney James)
Vera Day	...	Mimi
Daphne Anderson	...	Dora
Joseph Tomelty	...	Vagrant

Storyline

In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor shop. Joe is innocently and earnestly determined to help realize the wishes of his poor, hard-working neighbours. Hearing from Mr. Kandinsky the tale that a captured unicorn will grant any wish, Joe uses his accumulated pocket change to buy a kid with an emerging horn, believing it to be a unicorn. His subsequent efforts to make dreams come true exemplify the power of hope and will amidst hardship.

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Plot Keywords:

unicorn | tailor | wish | horn | watermelon | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sport

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 August 1955 (UK)

Also Known As:

A Rua da Esperança

Filming Locations:

Aldgate, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

London Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Carol Reed's first colour film.

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Goofs

Python Macklin is clearly meant to be a British wrestler, yet he speaks in a foreign accent.

User Reviews

A nice fantasy.

I thought Primo Carnera did a good job here. His English is very good and he finally has a chance to do some acting. Probably the only chance to see Carnera, in color, as a normal person, and not as some freak of nature playing some other freak of nature.