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.

• Wolf MankowitzScreenplay
• Carol ReedDirector
• Benjamin FrankelOriginal Music Composer

• Celia JohnsonJoanna
• Diana DorsSonia
• David KossoffAvrom Kandinsky
• Joe RobinsonSam Heppner
• Jonathan AshmoreJoe
• Brenda De BanzieLady Ruby
• Primo CarneraPython Macklin
• Lou JacobiBlackie Isaacs
• Sidney JamesIce Berg
• Irene HandlMrs. Abramowitz
• Sydney TaflerMadam Rita
• Danny GreenBully Bason