A Kid for Two Farthings

  • Drama
  • Comedy
8/15/1955
96
NR

Storyline

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.

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  • Geronimo1967

    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. Hes 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 tailors shop run by Kandinsky (David Kossoff) who fills his head with imaginative stories and fantasies. Its 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 its 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. W...

    April 16, 2025

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