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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="4"><br>The Rocking Horse Winner</font> <font size="2"> <br>movie review by Joe Pettit, Jr.</font> <font size=3 face="Book Antiqua,Century Schoolbook,Times New Roman"> <p>In Anthony Pelissier's adaptation of <i>The Rocking Horse Winner</i> (1950), the depiction of materialistic greed is intensified. The father (Hugh Sinclair) has a decent, low-paying job, but the family's spending spins wildly beyond their means. Hester (Valerie Hobson), the mother, refuses to compromise on the lifestyle she expects as her due, thus driving her husband into gambling to try and boost his earnings. <p><a href="default-nf.htm">Go to the review</a></font> </body>