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The Mudlark

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Original title

The Mudlark

Year

1950

Running time

99 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Jean Negulesco

Screenwriter

Nunnally Johnson. Novel: Théodore Bonnet

Cast

Music

William Alwyn

Cinematography

Georges Périnal (B&W)

Producer

20th Century Fox

Genre

Drama | 19th Century

Synopsis

A young street urchin (Andrew Ray), half-starved and homeless, finds a locket containing the likeness of Queen Victoria (Irene Dunne). Not recognizing her, he is told that she is the "mother of all England." Taking the remark literally, he journeys to Windsor Castle to see her.
When he is caught by the palace guards, the boy is mistakenly thought to be part of an assassination plot against the Queen. Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Alec Guinness) realizes that the boy is innocent and pleads for him in Parliament, delivering a speech that indirectly criticizes the Queen for withdrawing from public life. The Queen is infuriated by the speech, but she is genuinely moved upon meeting the boy for the first time, and once again enters public life.

Awards: 1951: Nominated for Oscar: Best Costume Design (B&W)

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The Mudlark

1950

Jean Negulesco

6.3

(45)