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A Kid for Two Farthings

6.6(31)19551h 36m1

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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Language
English
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Director

Carol Reed

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City17 Apr 1956
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereLondon10 May 1955
    • TheatricalU15 Aug 1955
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival5 May 1955
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical620 Jan 1956
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG15 Aug 1955
  • RussiaSU

    • Theatrical1 Dec 1958

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A Kid for Two Farthings was released on 15 August 1955.

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    CinemaSerf

    4/16/2025

    7/10

    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. He’s 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 tailor’s shop run by “Kandinsky” (David Kossoff) who fills his head with imaginative…

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