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83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 69% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Shy, young Paul (John Howard Davies) escapes his mother's incessant whining about his family's lack of wealth by riding his rocking ...
- (6)
- Valerie Hobson
- Anthony Pelissier
- Drama
Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 18, 2002. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews,...
Although THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER is far too long and would have been far more suited to the short story format, there are some great scenes and the overall result is a good if not fantastic film.
The Rocking Horse Winner is a 1949 fantasy film about a young boy who can pick winners in horse races with complete accuracy. [1] [2] It is an adaptation of the D. H. Lawrence short story The Rocking-Horse Winner and starred Valerie Hobson , John Howard Davies and Ronald Squire .
The Rocking Horse Winner: Directed by Anthony Pelissier. With Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, John Mills. A young boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the races.
- (1.4K)
- Drama, Fantasy
- Anthony Pelissier
- 1949-11-30
In summary, ‘The Rocking-Horse Winner’ focuses on a young boy, Paul, who wishes to win money for his mother and who manages to do so by riding his rocking-horse until he enters a state of near-frenzy and he manages to ‘predict’ the name of the horse that will win the next major race.
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The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a short story by D. H. Lawrence. It was first published in July 1926, in Harper's Bazaar and subsequently appeared in the first volume of Lawrence's collected short stories.
