Showing all 8 items Jump to: Filming Locations (8) Filming Locations. Adapted from his own novel by Wolf Mankowitz, the story of a small boy who finds a one-horned goat that he is convinced is a miracle-working unicorn is handled with a wonderfully light touch by director Carol Reed and beautifully played by a cast in which Celia Johnson, Diana Dors and little Jonathan Ashmore stand out. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. Celia Johnson and Diana Dors are starring, alongside David Kossoff, Joe Robinson, Jonathan Ashmore and Brenda De Banzie. Find movie and film cast and crew information for A Kid for Two Farthings (1956) - Carol Reed on AllMovie A Kid For Two Farthings is a 1955 film, directed by Carol Reed. 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. A charmingly idiosyncratic fable, A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS stars Jonathan Ashmore as Joe, an imaginative young boy growing up in London's impoverished East End. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true. Primo Carnera, Actor: A Kid for Two Farthings. He was married to Giuseppina Kovacic. A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) Country: UK Genre: Comedy, Drama Synopsis. OPENLOAD - A Kid for Two Farthings 1955 (Watch Free Movies & TV Series). Joe's world is still populated primarily by adults, each with their own dreams and troubles, but rarely too A Kid for Two Farthings is a 1955 film starring Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff. A Kid for Two Farthings is a 1953 novel by the British writer Wolf Mankowitz, based on the author's experiences of growing up within a Jewish community in London's East End. Edit. The screenplay was adapted by Wolf Mankowitz from his own novel of the same name. Among the colourful characters of London’s Petticoat Market moves a boy whose pet goat seems to have the magical power of a unicorn. He died on June 29, 1967 in Sequals. A Kid For Two Farthings is a 1955 film, directed by Carol Reed. It's available to watch. "A Kid for Two Farthings" is a Drama/Comedy/Family film directed by Carol Reed, released in the USA on April 17 of 1956 . Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The film presumably gets its name from an Aramaic song traditionally sung after the Passover Seder , Chad Gadya ("A Lone Kid"), in which a kid bought for two small coins, "zuzim" in the original, stands in for the Children of Israel. A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) Filming & Production. After absorbing a tale about the magical power of captured unicorns from the kindly tailor Kandinsky (David Kossoff), who employs the boy's mother, Joanna (Celia Johnson), he goes in search of the mythic beast. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. Primo Carnera was born on October 26, 1906 in Sequals, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. A slim volume, with only the dramas of everyday life, A Kid for Two Farthings is life seen by Joe, the year before he is enrolled in school.