A Kid for Two Farthings
A Kid for Two Farthings
Release: 1955-08-15
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 6.6
Drama
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
London Films Productions
Cast
Celia Johnson
as Joanna
Diana Dors
as Sonia
David Kossoff
as Avrom Kandinsky
Joe Robinson
as Sam Heppner
Jonathan Ashmore
as Joe
Brenda De Banzie
as Lady Ruby
Primo Carnera
as Python Macklin
Lou Jacobi
as Blackie Isaacs
Sidney James
as Ice Berg
Irene Handl
as Mrs. Abramowitz
Sydney Tafler
as Madam Rita
Danny Green
as Bully Bason
Vera Day
as Mimi
Daphne Anderson
as Dora
Joseph Tomelty
as Vagrant
Harold Berens
as Oliver
Harry Baird
as Jamaica (uncredited)
Alfie Bass
as Alf the Bird Man (uncredited)
Eddie Byrne
as Sylvester the Photographer (uncredited)
Peter Gilmore
as Walk on part (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
as Chick Man (uncredited)
Nora Gordon
as Customer (uncredited)
Harold Kasket
as (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
as (uncredited)
Harry Locke
as Stallholder (uncredited)
Edward Malin
as Dog Man (uncredited)
Spike Milligan
as Indian with Grey Beard (uncredited)
Norman Mitchell
as Stallholder (uncredited)
Jim Brady
as Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)
Dido Plumb
as Wrestling Match Audience (uncredited)
Barbara Windsor
as Blonde with a Crush on Sam (uncredited)
