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Rated
G
Runtime 123 min
Ratings
98% critics Rotten Tomatoes
78% audience Rotten Tomatoes
Age 7+ Common Sense Media
Genre Drama, Family, Sport
Release 01/26/45
Actors Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp
Directors Clarence Brown
Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney) was a young wanderer and opportunist whose father had given him "all the roads in the Kingdom" to travel. One of the roads, and a notation in his father's journal, leads him to the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event.
Genre Drama, Family, Sport
Release 01/26/45
Actors Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp
Directors Clarence Brown
Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney) was a young wanderer and opportunist whose father had given him "all the roads in the Kingdom" to travel. One of the roads, and a notation in his father's journal, leads him to the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event.