The Rocking Horse Winner
  • Title: The Rocking Horse Winner
  • Original Title: The Rocking Horse Winner
  • Release Date: 30/11/1949
  • Tagline: Exciting As Your Wildest Dreams!
  • Duration:91 Min / 01:31
  • Country:GB
  • Genre:Drama

About Film

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.

Movie Rating: 6.6

Total Votes: 23

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John Chard
John Chard
9/10
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...
John Chard
John Chard
9/10
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...
Geronimo1967
Geronimo1967
7/10
Fresh from his success in David Lean's "Oliver Twist", John Howard Davies skilfully takes on a rather different role in this engaging dark fantasy. He ("Paul") lives with his wastrel parents and debt is never far away. She, (Valerie Hobson), is a compulsive shopper and he (Hugh Sinclair) a compulsive gambler - neither are very good at their...