A young boy receive a rocking horse for Christmas and when riding it he can predict real race winners which helps those all around him, including his greedy, snobbish mother. However, things take a dark turn.
Remarkably mature and rather grim drama of innocence and greed played cleverly within a simple but imaginative notion. The performances are strong from John Howard Davies, Valerie Hobson and John Mills with Hobson delivering in her best clipped English, a woman who so desperately needs more of everything so she can properly mix in society only to realise too late that money isn't everything.
Remarkably mature and rather grim drama of innocence and greed played cleverly within a simple but imaginative notion. The performances are strong from John Howard Davies, Valerie Hobson and John Mills with Hobson delivering in her best clipped English, a woman who so desperately needs more of everything so she can properly mix in society only to realise too late that money isn't everything.