UK, 1954
96m, 8721 feet
35mm film, Technicolor. 1.65:1
mono (Western Electric Recording), English
A British fantasy film directed by Carol Reed.
Plot Summary
A young boy in London buys a young goat believing it to be a unicorn and tries to grant the wishes of his friends.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Carol Reed
Copyright MCMLIV [1954] London Film Productions Ltd
London Films present Carol Reed's production. A Lopert Films Distributing Corporation release
Executive Producer: Alexander Korda *
Produced by: Carol Reed
Screenplay by: Wolf Mankowitz
Based on the Book by: Wolf Mankowitz
Director of Photography: Edward Scaife
Film Editor: A.S. Bates
Music Composed and Conducted by: Benjamin Frankel
Sound Supervisor: John Cox
Art Director: Wilfrid Shingleton
Costume Designer: Anna Duse *
Wardrobe: Bridget Sellers *
Make-up Supervisor: Tony Sforzini *
Hairdresser: Barbara Barnard *
Made at: Shepperton Studios England
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 Abrahamowitz)
Danny Green (Bully Bason)
Sydney Tafler (‘Madam' Rita)
Sidney James (Iceberg)
Vera Day (Mimi)
Daphne Anderson (Dora)
Joseph Tomelty (tramp with unicorn)
Harold Berens (Oliver)
Alternative Titles
Büyük aşkım – Turkish title
La calle de la felicidad – Argentine title
O Coração de Uma Cidade – Portuguese title
Domani splenderà il sole – Italian title
L'enfant et la licorne – French title
To gelio mesa stin omihli – Greek title
Jare za dve pare – Serbian Yugoslavian title
Maskotka – Polish title
El niño y el unicornio – Spanish title
Ønsk hvad du vil – Danish title
Önska vad du vill – Swedish title
A Rua da Esperança – Brazilian title
Toiveitten laitakatu – Finnish title
Voller Wunder ist das Leben – West German title
Ein Wunder für 2 Groschen – Austrian title
Козлёнок за два гроша – Russian title
文なし横丁の人々 – Japanese title
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.12 p.36
- Film Culture vol.2 no.2 1956
- Journal of British Cinema and Television vol.15 no.4 2018 p p.469-490 – article (Colour of social realism by Sarah Street)
- Kine Weekly no.2496 28 April 1955 p.20
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.22 no.257 June 1955 p.83
- Motion Picture Herald vol.203 no.3 21 April 1956 p.866
- Sight & Sound vol.25 no.1 Summer 1955 p.34
- Today's Cinema vol.84 no.7250 21 April 1955 p.7
- Variety 18 May 1955
Books
- British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928-1959 by David Quinlan pp.332-333 – credits, synopsis
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.241
Other sources
- 59th Cannes Film Festival CatalogueMay 2006 p.132
