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A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)

NR 08/15/1955 Drama, Comedy 1h 36m
65%
User
Score
6.4/10
67%

Overview

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

Director

Wolf Mankowitz

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

Joanna

Diana Dors

Diana Dors

Sonia

David Kossoff

David Kossoff

Avrom Kandinsky

Joe Robinson

Joe Robinson

Sam Heppner

Jonathan Ashmore

Jonathan Ashmore

Joe

Brenda De Banzie

Brenda De Banzie

Lady Ruby

Primo Carnera

Primo Carnera

Python Macklin

Lou Jacobi

Lou Jacobi

Blackie Isaacs

Sid James

Sid James

Ice Berg

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on April 16, 2025

Jonathan Ashmore does quite a sterling job here tugging at the heart-strings with this upbeat, feel-good drama about the young “Joe” who just wants to be kind. He’s a young lad growing up in a sort of Portobello Road environment in a post war London that is still recovering. He lives with his mum (Celia Johnson) in small flat above a tailor’s shop run by “Kandinsky” (David Kossoff) who fills his head with imaginative stories and fantasies. It’s this that leads the lad to an idea. He uses every farthing to his name so he can buy a young kid that has yet to develop it’s horns properly. Why? Well, he thinks it will turn into an unicorn and be able to bestow gifts of good luck on those in his tightly knit community who care for him and whom he loves. What now ensues takes a rat...

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