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National Velvet

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp

Velvet Brown wins a hunter in a raffle and decides to turn him into a champion racehorse with the help of her young friend Mi. Their dreams are fulfilled when the animal is entered in the Grand National - the greatest steeplechase in the world. Enid Bagnold's warm and gentle classic story about family life in the country.

Films: page 25
(Ceefax Subtitles)

Contributors

Screenplay:
Theodore Reeves
Screenplay:
Helen Deutsch
Based on the novel by:
Enid Bagnold
Producer:
Pandro S. Berman
Director:
Clarence Brown
Mi Taylor:
Mickey Rooney
Mr Brown:
Donald Crisp
Velvet Brown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Mrs Brown:
Anne Revere
Edwina Brown:
Angela Lansbury
Donald Brown:
Jackie Jenkins
Malvolia Brown:
Juanita Quigley
Race patron:
Arthur Treacher
Farmer Ede:
Reginald Owen
Miss Sims:
Norma Varden
Ted:
Terry Kilburn
Source: Radio Times

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