National Velvet
Simple story of a boy... a girl... and a horse! Set to the thunder of the Grand National Steeplechase!
7.2(124) 1945-01-26 123 minDramaFamily
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.
DirectorClarence Brown
ScreenplayTheodore Reeves
ScreenplayHelen Deutsch
ProducerClarence Brown
ProducerPandro S. Berman
Original Music ComposerHerbert Stothart
Cast & characters
Mickey Rooney
as Michael 'Mi' Taylor
Donald Crisp
as Mr. Herbert Brown
Elizabeth Taylor
as Velvet Brown
Anne Revere
as Mrs. Araminty Brown
Angela Lansbury
as Edwina Brown
Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins
as Donald Brown
Juanita Quigley
as Malvolia 'Mally' Brown
Reginald Owen
as Farmer Ede
Norma Varden
as Miss Sims
Terry Kilburn
as Theodore 'Ted'
Arthur Shields
as Mr. Hallam
Aubrey Mather
as Entry Official
Alec Craig
as Timothy 'Tim'
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Eugene Loring
as Ivan Taski
Dennis Hoey
as Mr. Greenford
Matthew Boulton
as Entry Official
Gerald Oliver Smith
as Photographer
William Austin
as Reporter (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
as Constable (uncredited)
Frank Baker
as Villager (uncredited)
Arthur Treacher
as Race Patron
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James Carlisle
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
as Villager (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
as Villager (uncredited)
