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A Kid for Two Farthings

1955

Carol Reed

Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff, Joe Robinson ...

6.1

77

Comedy. Drama. Romance In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor shop. Joe is innocently and earnestly determined to help realize the wishes of his poor, hard-working neighbours. Hearing from Mr. Kandinsky the tale that a captured unicorn will grant any wish, Joe uses his accumulated pocket change to buy a kid with an ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It's forthright and heartfelt, and boasting a veritable aristocracy of British character acting talent (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It’s a little bit broad and not in the class of 'The Third Man' or 'The Fallen Idol', but forthright and heartfelt, and boasting a veritable aristocracy of British character acting talent. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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