A Kid for Two Farthings

A Kid for Two Farthings

96 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | Jan. 20, 1956

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.

A Kid for Two Farthings

96 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | Jan. 20, 1956

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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers London Film Productions
Original title A Kid for Two Farthings
Directors Jack N. Green, John Bremer, Carol Reed
Writers Wolf Mankowitz

Cast

Celia Johnson

as Joanna

Diana Dors

as Sonia

David Kossoff

as Avrom Kandinsky

Joe Robinson

as Sam Heppner

Brenda De Banzie

as Lady Ruby

Primo Carnera

as Python Macklin

Lou Jacobi

as Blackie Isaacs

Sid 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

Bart Allison

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Barbara Archer

as Madam Rita's Workroom Girl (uncredited)

Harry Baird

as Jamaica (uncredited)

Alfie Bass

as Alf the Bird Man (uncredited)

Bruce Beeby

as Policeman (uncredited)

Paddy Brannigan

as Market Patron (uncredited)

Madge Brindley

as Mrs. Quinn (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)

George Hurst

as Dog Man (uncredited)

Lily Kann

as Mrs. Kramm (uncredited)

Harold Kasket

as (uncredited)

Sam Kydd

as (uncredited)

Harry Locke

as (uncredited)

Arthur Lovegrove

as Postman (uncredited)

Edward Malin

as Dog Man (uncredited)

Lew Marco

as Referee (uncredited)

Spike Milligan

as Indian with Grey Beard (uncredited)

Norman Mitchell

as Stallholder (uncredited)

Judith Nelmes

as Alf's Customer (uncredited)

Jim O'Brady

as Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

Mollie Palmer

as Madam Rita's Workroom Girl (uncredited)

Dido Plumb

as Wrestling Match Audience (uncredited)

Raymond Rollett

as Breakaway China Stallholder (uncredited)

Marigold Russell

as Customer's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Charles Saynor

as Hokey Pokey Man (uncredited)

Jack Sharp

as Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

Arthur Skinner

as Stallholder (uncredited)

Derek Sydney

as Indian Fortune Teller (uncredited)

Robert Brooks Turner

as Porter (uncredited)

Barbara Windsor

as Blonde with a Crush on Sam (uncredited)