El niño y el unicornio (1955)
En un barrio londinense de clase baja, el pequeño Joe vive con su madre en un piso situado sobre la sastrería del señor Kandinsky. Joe sueña con ayudar a los pobres a cumplir sus deseos. Un día el sastre le cuenta un cuento según el cual quien capture a un unicornio podrá obtener cualquier deseo. Joe decide entonces gastar sus ahorros en la compra de un cabritillo con un cuerno emergente, creyendo que se trata de un unicornio. Sus esfuerzos para hacer realidad los sueños demuestran el poder de la esperanza y la voluntad en medio de la adversidad.
Directora:
Carol Reed
Escritor:
Wolf Mankowitz
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Celia Johnson as Joanna |
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Diana Dors as Sonia |
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David Kossoff as Avrom Kandinsky |
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Joe Robinson as Sam Heppner |
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Jonathan Ashmore as Joe |
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Brenda De Banzie as Lady Ruby |
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Primo Carnera as Python Macklin |
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Lou Jacobi as Blackie Isaacs |
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Sidney James as Ice Berg |
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Irene Handl as Mrs. Abramowitz |
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Sydney Tafler as Madam Rita |
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Danny Green as Bully Bason |
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Vera Day as Mimi |
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Daphne Anderson as Dora |
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Joseph Tomelty as Vagrant |
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Harold Berens as Oliver |
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Bart Allison as Auctioneer (uncredited) |
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Barbara Archer as Madam Rita's Workroom Girl (uncredited) |
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Harry Baird as Jamaica (uncredited) |
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Alfie Bass as Alf the Bird Man (uncredited) |
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Bruce Beeby as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Paddy Brannigan as Market Patron (uncredited) |
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Madge Brindley as Mrs. Quinn (uncredited) |
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Eddie Byrne as Sylvester the Photographer (uncredited) |
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Peter Gilmore as Walk on part (uncredited) |
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Harold Goodwin as Chick Man (uncredited) |
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Nora Gordon as Customer (uncredited) |
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George Hurst as Dog Man (uncredited) |
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Lily Kann as Mrs. Kramm (uncredited) |
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Harold Kasket as (uncredited) |
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Sam Kydd as (uncredited) |
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Harry Locke as Stallholder (uncredited) |
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Arthur Lovegrove as Postman (uncredited) |
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Edward Malin as Dog Man (uncredited) |
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Lew Marco as Referee (uncredited) |
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Spike Milligan as Indian with Grey Beard (uncredited) |
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Norman Mitchell as Stallholder (uncredited) |
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Judith Nelmes as Alf's Customer (uncredited) |
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Jim Brady as Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited) |
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Mollie Palmer as Madam Rita's Workroom Girl (uncredited) |
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Dido Plumb as Wrestling Match Audience (uncredited) |
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Raymond Rollett as Breakaway China Stallholder (uncredited) |
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Marigold Russell as Customer's Girlfriend (uncredited) |
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Charles Saynor as Hokey Pokey Man (uncredited) |
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Jack Sharp as Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited) |
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Arthur Skinner as Stallholder (uncredited) |
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Derek Sydney as Indian Fortune Teller (uncredited) |
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Robert Brooks Turner as Porter (uncredited) |
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Barbara Windsor as Blonde with a Crush on Sam (uncredited) |
| Directing | Carol Reed | Director |
| Writing | Wolf Mankowitz | Novel |
| Writing | Wolf Mankowitz | Screenplay |
| Production | Carol Reed | Producer |
| Production | Alexander Korda | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Edward Scaife | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Bert Bates | Editor |
| Art | Wilfred Shingleton | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Duse | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Barnard | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Frost | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Sforzini | Makeup Department Head |
| Directing | John Bremer | Assistant Director |
| Production | John Palmer | Production Manager |
| Sound | Ken Ritchie | Boom Operator |
| Production | Margaret Townsend | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Jack N. Green | Third Assistant Director |