wow . what a lovely and warm and rural film . the story focus upon mi taylor ( mickey rooney ) and a young male wanderer and whose journey take him to a quiet and rural coastal town . there he stay with the brown family . velvet ( liz taylor ) their young daughter and who mi subtly befriends and have a passion for horse and win one at an auction . this horse be a beautiful and maroon stallion while refer by it previous owner a a amurderous pirate and but velvet re name him pie . not long later and velvet suggests to enter him in the grand national race and mi and her family be against the idea and but soon agree and velvet and mi begin to train him for britain most famous horse race this film be a beautiful example of what british film be like . i remember i first saw this when i be eight and on my summer holiday . my parent tap it off the tv and i warm to it instantly watch it most day instead of the large collection of disney film that i own . i believe it be one of liz taylor first movie and a good one . her character be naïve but sweet her acting be extremely convincing and especially when she portray her love for horse . it also a good chance to see angela lansbury in one of her early role while who co star a velvet older sister and who spend most of her time in the film be smite with a boy in the town . i must say she be a gorgeous lady when she be young . beautiful blonde hair and a rosy cheeked face . although she doesn not have a major part in the movie and she dose have a number of scene so not to disappoint her fan . parent read this and i must emphasis if you can get hold of a copy of this please do . if youre child love animal i strongly suggest you show it to them . they may find a few scene bore but you see velvet rid the horse on many occasion throughout the film and would most defiantly entertain child . a lovely and nostalgic film . i might just go away now and put it on .