The Rocking Horse Winner

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.

Cast

Valerie Hobson

as Hester Grahame

John Howard Davies

as Paul Grahame

Ronald Squire

as Oscar Cresswell

John Mills

as Bassett

Hugh Sinclair

as Richard Grahame

Charles Goldner

as Mr. Tsaldouris

Susan Richards

as Nanny

Cyril Smith

as bailiff

Anthony Holles

as Bowler Hat

Johnnie Schofield

as 1st Chauffeur

Reviews

John Chard

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 S...

John Chard

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 S...

CinemaSerf

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 compulsiv...

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