Film

National Velvet

1945 · 2h 3m · Drama · Family

Simple story of a boy... a girl... and a horse! Set to the thunder of the Grand National Steeplechase!

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

98%

Metacritic

83

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.

Mickey Rooney

Michael 'Mi' Taylor

Donald Crisp

Mr. Herbert Brown

Elizabeth Taylor

Velvet Brown

Anne Revere

Mrs. Araminty Brown

Angela Lansbury

Edwina Brown

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

Donald Brown

Juanita Quigley

Malvolia 'Mally' Brown

Reginald Owen

Farmer Ede

Norma Varden

Miss Sims

Terry Kilburn

Theodore 'Ted'

Arthur Shields

Mr. Hallam

Aubrey Mather

Entry Official

Alec Craig

Timothy 'Tim'

Eugene Loring

Ivan Taski

Dennis Hoey

Mr. Greenford

Matthew Boulton

Entry Official

• Clarence BrownDirector · Producer
• Theodore ReevesScreenplay
• Helen DeutschScreenplay
• Enid BagnoldNovel
• Pandro S. BermanProducer
• Leonard SmithDirector of Photography
• Herbert StothartOriginal Music Composer
• Robert KernEditor

National Velvet (1944) Original Trailer [HD]

Release date

January 26, 1945

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 3m

Rated

G

Budget

$2,770,000

Revenue

$5,840,000

Genres

Drama, Family

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