The Rocking Horse Winner (1949 film)

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The Rocking Horse Winner (1949 film) is a British drama adapted from D.H. Lawrence’s short story about a boy whose uncanny luck at picking racehorse winners is driven by his desperate desire to satisfy his mother’s insatiable need for money.

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instanceOf British film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationOf The Rocking-Horse Winner (short story) ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork D. H. Lawrence ⓘ
basedOn The Rocking-Horse Winner ⓘ
short story ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
castMember Arthur Hambling ⓘ
Charles Goldner ⓘ
Cyril Smith ⓘ
Hugh Sinclair ⓘ
John Howard Davies ⓘ
John Mills ⓘ
Ronald Squire ⓘ
Susan Beaumont ⓘ
Valerie Hobson ⓘ
Walter Fitzgerald ⓘ
cinematographyBy Desmond Dickinson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Anthony Pelissier ⓘ
distributor Eagle-Lion Films ⓘ
General Film Distributors ⓘ
editedBy Helga Cranston ⓘ
format theatrical film ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor John Howard Davies ⓘ
mainCharacter Paul ⓘ
musicBy Benjamin Frankel ⓘ
narrativeFocus a boy’s obsessive drive to win money for his mother through betting on horse races ⓘ
plotSummary A young boy discovers he can predict racehorse winners while riding his rocking horse and uses this ability to win money for his financially troubled mother. ⓘ
portrays gambling ⓘ
parent-child relationships ⓘ
social class in Britain ⓘ
producer John Mills ⓘ
productionCompany Two Cities Films ⓘ
releaseDateUK 1949-06-16 ⓘ
releaseYear 1949 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 95 ⓘ
screenwriter Anthony Pelissier ⓘ
setting England ⓘ
sourceWorkPublicationYear 1926 ⓘ
theme family relationships ⓘ
greed ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
psychological tension ⓘ

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