The Rocking Horse Winner

1949
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1h 31min

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John Howard Davies, Valerie Hobson, and John Mills in The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)

Añade un argumento en tu idiomaA young boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the races.A young boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the races.A young boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the races.

Dirección
- Anthony Pelissier
Guión
- D.H. Lawrence
- Anthony Pelissier
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Dirección
- Anthony Pelissier
Guión
- D.H. Lawrence
- Anthony Pelissier
Reparto principal

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Valerie Hobson

Hester Grahame

John Howard Davies

Paul Grahame

Ronald Squire

Oscar Cresswell

John Mills

Bassett

Hugh Sinclair

Richard Grahame

Charles Goldner

Mr. Tsaldouris

Susan Richards

Nannie

Cyril Smith

Bailiff

Anthony Holles

Bowler Hat
(sin acreditar)

Melanie Mackenzie

Matilda Grahame
(sin acreditar)

Michael Ripper

2nd Chauffeur
(sin acreditar)

Johnnie Schofield

1st Chauffeur
(sin acreditar)

Caroline Steer

Joan Grahame
(sin acreditar)

Dirección
- Anthony Pelissier
Guión
- D.H. Lawrence
- Anthony Pelissier
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Curiosidades
Bassett says that he had "... fine plans for teaching Gordon Richards a thing or two...". Gordon Richards (1904 - 1986) was an English jockey. He was the Champion Jockey in British flat horse-racing 26 times, a record that still stands.

Citas
[last lines]
Hester Grahame: I wanted to see the end of it, just wanted to be sure it had gone. Gone for good.
Bassett: You won't never see the end of it, ma'am, nor will I. As long as ever we'll live, we'll remember, and we'll know just what it is was done.

Conexiones
Version of Winner (1977)

Banda sonora
Silent Night
(uncredited)
Music by Franz Xaver Gruber
English lyrics by John Freeman Young
Sung by the carollers

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8/10

Beautifully done dark fantasy

This is about a British family. The mother (Valerie Hobson) spends beyond her means. The father gambles...badly and loses his job. The family is close to bankruptcy when their young son Paul (John Howard Davies) develops this uncanny ability to predict winners in horse races. How does he do it? By riding his rocking horse.

I read the D.H. Lawrence short story back in college in the 1980s and never forgot it. I heard about this film but was afraid to see it...I didn't think there was any way to film the story without it looking stupid. Also this movie is hard to find. I finally did catch it and I was impressed. They managed to take a very dark and strange short story and make an excellent movie out of it. It moves quickly (it's only 90 minutes) and I was never bored for one second. The acting really helps to carry this one. Hobson is just OK as the mother but Davies as the little boy, John Mills as Bassett and Ronald Squire as Uncle Oscar are just great. Ultimately the movie is sad and depressing but just incredible. This was way too ahead of its time to connect with audiences of 1950 and it (sadly) remains unknown to this day. Well worth seeing.