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The Rocking Horse Winner( 1949)

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Exciting As Your Wildest Dreams!

Overview

A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts.

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      Valerie Hobson

      Hester Grahame

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      John Howard Davies

      Paul Grahame

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      Ronald Squire

      Oscar Cresswell

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      John Mills

      Bassett

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      Hugh Sinclair

      Richard Grahame

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      Charles Goldner

      Mr. Tsaldouris

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      Susan Richards

      Nanny

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      Cyril Smith

      bailiff

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      Anthony Holles

      Bowler Hat

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      Johnnie Schofield

      1st Chauffeur

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      Michael Ripper

      2nd Chauffeur

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      Caroline Steer

      Joan Grahame

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      Melanie Mackenzie

      Matilda Grahame

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Thu Nov 14 2013
    You have a runaway talent for spending money and that's all. The Rocking Horse Winner is directed by Anthony Pelissier, who also adapts the screenplay from the D. H. Lawrence short story of the same name. It stars Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, John Mills, Hugh Sinclair and Susan Richards. Music is by William Alwyn and cinematography by Desmond Dickinson. Dreadful, Evil Money. There's a handful of British films from the 1940s that deserve to be far better known, films that blended haunted themes with film noir traits and visual smarts. The Night Has Eyes, Uncle S...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • gambling
    • horse race
    • greed
    • horse
    • trance
    • bankruptcy
    • luck
    • uncle nephew relationship
    • rocking horse
    • mother son relationship
    • greedy wife
    • secret