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 emerging horn, believing it to be a unicorn. His subsequent efforts to make dreams come true exemplify the power of hope and will amidst hardship.
| Release Date: | May 1955 |
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| Genre: | Sport / Fantasy / Family / Drama / Comedy |
| Awards: | 1 nomination |
| Cast: | Celia Johnson (Joanna), Diana Dors (Sonia), David Kossoff (Avrom Kandinsky), Joe Robinson (Sam Heppner), Jonathan Ashmore (Joe), Brenda De Banzie ('Lady' Ruby), Primo Carnera (Python Macklin), Lou Jacobi (Blackie Isaacs), Irene Handl (Mrs. Abramowitz), Danny Green (Bully Bason), Sydney Tafler (Madam Rita), Sid James (Ice Berg (as Sidney James)), Vera Day (Mimi), Daphne Anderson (Dora), Joseph Tomelty (Vagrant), Harold Berens (Oliver), Bart Allison (Auctioneer (uncredited)), Barbara Archer (Madam Rita's workroom girl (uncredited)), Harry Baird (Jamaica (uncredited)), Alfie Bass (Alf - the bird man (uncredited)), Bruce Beeby (Policeman (uncredited)), Frank Blake (Wrestling M.C. (uncredited)), Rosalind Boxall (Mrs. Alf (uncredited)), Alanna Boyce ((uncredited)), Madge Brindley (Mrs. Quinn (uncredited)), Eddie Byrne (Sylvester - the photographer...), Ashr Day (Indian girl (uncredited)), Max Denne (Customer (uncredited)), Harold Goodwin (Chick man (uncredited)), Nora Gordon (Customer (uncredited)), Charlie Green (Wrestler (uncredited)), Ray Hunter (Wrestler (uncredited)), George Hurst (Dog man (uncredited)), Lily Kann (Mrs. Kramm (uncredited)), Harold Kasket ((uncredited)), Sam Kydd ((uncredited)), Meier Leibovitch (Mendel (uncredited)), Locarno (Pigeon man (uncredited)), Harry Locke ((uncredited)), James Lomas (Sandwich board man (uncredited)), Arthur Lovegrove (Postman (uncredited)), Edward Malin (Dog man (uncredited)), Lew Marco (Referee (uncredited)), Spike Milligan (Indian with grey beard (uncredited)), Norman Mitchell (Stallholder (uncredited)), Judith Nelmes (Alf's customer (uncredited)), Mollie Palmer (Madam Rita's workroom girl (uncredited)), Harry Purvis (Champ (uncredited)), Raymond Rollett (Breakaway china stallholder (uncredited)), Marigold Russell (Customer's girlfriend (uncredited)), Charles Saynor (Hokey pokey man (uncredited)), Arthur Skinner (Stallholder (uncredited)), Derek Sydney (Indian fortune teller (uncredited)), Peter Taylor (Dog man (uncredited)), Barbara Windsor (Blonde with a crush on Sam (uncredited)) |