A Kid for Two Farthings poster

A Kid for Two Farthings( 1955)

TV-MADramaComedy
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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Celia Johnson

      Joanna

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      Diana Dors

      Sonia

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      David Kossoff

      Avrom Kandinsky

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      Joe Robinson

      Sam Heppner

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      Jonathan Ashmore

      Joe

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      Brenda De Banzie

      Lady Ruby

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      Primo Carnera

      Python Macklin

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      Lou Jacobi

      Blackie Isaacs

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      Sid James

      Ice Berg

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      Irene Handl

      Mrs. Abramowitz

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      Sydney Tafler

      Madam Rita

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      Danny Green

      Bully Bason

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      Vera Day

      Mimi

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      Daphne Anderson

      Dora

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      Joseph Tomelty

      Vagrant

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      Harold Berens

      Oliver

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      Bart Allison

      Auctioneer (uncredited)

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      Barbara Archer

      Madam Rita's Workroom Girl (uncredited)

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      Harry Baird

      Jamaica (uncredited)

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      Alfie Bass

      Alf the Bird Man (uncredited)

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      Bruce Beeby

      Policeman (uncredited)

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      Paddy Brannigan

      Market Patron (uncredited)

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      Madge Brindley

      Mrs. Quinn (uncredited)

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      Eddie Byrne

      Sylvester the Photographer (uncredited)

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      Peter Gilmore

      Walk on part (uncredited)

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      Harold Goodwin

      Chick Man (uncredited)

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      Nora Gordon

      Customer (uncredited)

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      George Hurst

      Dog Man (uncredited)

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      Lily Kann

      Mrs. Kramm (uncredited)

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      Harold Kasket

      (uncredited)

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      Sam Kydd

      (uncredited)

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      Harry Locke

      Stallholder (uncredited)

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      Arthur Lovegrove

      Postman (uncredited)

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      Edward Malin

      Dog Man (uncredited)

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      Lew Marco

      Referee (uncredited)

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      Spike Milligan

      Indian with Grey Beard (uncredited)

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      Norman Mitchell

      Stallholder (uncredited)

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      Judith Nelmes

      Alf's Customer (uncredited)

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      Jim Brady

      Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

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      Mollie Palmer

      Madam Rita's Workroom Girl (uncredited)

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      Dido Plumb

      Wrestling Match Audience (uncredited)

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      Raymond Rollett

      Breakaway China Stallholder (uncredited)

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      Marigold Russell

      Customer's Girlfriend (uncredited)

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      Charles Saynor

      Hokey Pokey Man (uncredited)

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      Jack Sharp

      Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

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      Arthur Skinner

      Stallholder (uncredited)

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      Derek Sydney

      Indian Fortune Teller (uncredited)

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      Robert Brooks Turner

      Porter (uncredited)

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      Barbara Windsor

      Blonde with a Crush on Sam (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Apr 16 2025
    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 stories and fantasies. It’s 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 it’s horns properly. Why? Well,...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • unicorn