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A Kid For Two Farthings is a 1955 British comedy-drama film directed by Carol Reed. The screenplay was adapted by Wolf Mankowitz from his 1953 novel of the same name. The title is a reference to the traditional Passover song, "Chad Gadya", which begins "One little goat which my father bought for two zuzim". [2]
1956 1h 31m Fantasy CTA List. 67% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings. Joe (Jonathan Ashmore) is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna (Celia Johnson), in working-class...
A young boy in London's East End buys a goat, believing it to be a unicorn, and tries to grant wishes to his neighbors. This is a charming fable about hope and imagination in a hard-working community.
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Seeing his mother's tears, and distraught over yet another dead pet, this time a baby chick, Joe wishes again for a unicorn, though Kandinsky warns him that none live in London. Joe searches the street vendors, and upon spying a baby goat with one mangled horn, is convinced that he has discovered a unicorn.
A Kid For Two Farthings is a 1955 British comedy-drama film directed by Carol Reed. The screenplay was adapted by Wolf Mankowitz from his 1953 novel of the same name. The title is a reference to the traditional Passover song, "Chad Gadya", which begins "One little goat which my father bought for two zuzim".
