The read
Scores higher than 79% of the 429 1940s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic83/100
127 audience votes
Key crew
- Clarence BrownDirector
- Theodore ReevesScreenplay
- Helen DeutschScreenplay
- Herbert StothartOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mickey RooneyMichael 'Mi' Taylor
- Donald CrispMr. Herbert Brown
- Elizabeth TaylorVelvet Brown
- Anne RevereMrs. Araminty Brown
- Angela LansburyEdwina Brown
- Jackie 'Butch' JenkinsDonald Brown
- Juanita QuigleyMalvolia 'Mally' Brown
- Reginald OwenFarmer Ede
- Norma VardenMiss Sims
- Terry KilburnTheodore 'Ted'
- Arthur ShieldsMr. Hallam
- Aubrey MatherEntry Official
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Themes
countrysideenglandhorseback ridinghorse racehuman animal relationshiphorsejockeyhorse racinghorse trainergrand national1920safi