National Velvet
Simple story of a boy... a girl... and a horse! Set to the thunder of the Grand National Steeplechase!
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.
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $6M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
21 billed performers
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What It's About
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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.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
National Velvet returned 2.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $6M
- Release date
- Jan 26, 1945
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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