
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true.
Cast

Celia Johnson
Joanna

Diana Dors
Sonia

David Kossoff
Avrom Kandinsky

Joe Robinson
Sam Heppner

Jonathan Ashmore
Joe

Brenda De Banzie
Lady Ruby

Primo Carnera
Python Macklin

Lou Jacobi
Blackie Isaacs

Sidney James
Ice Berg

Irene Handl
Mrs. Abramowitz

Sydney Tafler
Madam Rita

Danny Green
Bully Bason

Vera Day
Mimi

Daphne Anderson
Dora

Joseph Tomelty
Vagrant

Harold Berens
Oliver
Bart Allison
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Barbara Archer
Madam Rita's Workroom Girl (uncredited)

Harry Baird
Jamaica (uncredited)

Alfie Bass
Alf the Bird Man (uncredited)
Bruce Beeby
Policeman (uncredited)
Paddy Brannigan
Market Patron (uncredited)
Madge Brindley
Mrs. Quinn (uncredited)

Eddie Byrne
Sylvester the Photographer (uncredited)

Peter Gilmore
Walk on part (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Chick Man (uncredited)

Nora Gordon
Customer (uncredited)
George Hurst
Dog Man (uncredited)
Lily Kann
Mrs. Kramm (uncredited)

Harold Kasket
(uncredited)

Sam Kydd
(uncredited)

Harry Locke
Stallholder (uncredited)
Arthur Lovegrove
Postman (uncredited)

Edward Malin
Dog Man (uncredited)
Lew Marco
Referee (uncredited)

Spike Milligan
Indian with Grey Beard (uncredited)

Norman Mitchell
Stallholder (uncredited)
Judith Nelmes
Alf's Customer (uncredited)

Jim Brady
Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)
Mollie Palmer
Madam Rita's Workroom Girl (uncredited)

Dido Plumb
Wrestling Match Audience (uncredited)
Raymond Rollett
Breakaway China Stallholder (uncredited)
Marigold Russell
Customer's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Charles Saynor
Hokey Pokey Man (uncredited)
Jack Sharp
Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)
Arthur Skinner
Stallholder (uncredited)
Derek Sydney
Indian Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Robert Brooks Turner
Porter (uncredited)

Barbara Windsor
Blonde with a Crush on Sam (uncredited)
Crew

Carol Reed
Director, Producer

Wolf Mankowitz
Screenplay, Novel
Bert Bates
Editor
Edward Scaife
Director of Photography
Jack N. Green
Third Assistant Director
John Bremer
Assistant Director

Alexander Korda
Executive Producer
Anna Duse
Costume Design
Barbara Barnard
Hairstylist
Tony Sforzini
Makeup Department Head
George Frost
Makeup Artist
Ken Ritchie
Boom Operator
Benjamin Frankel
Original Music Composer
John Palmer
Production Manager
Wilfred Shingleton
Art Direction
Margaret Townsend
Production Secretary
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