Velvet (Liz Taylor) is the daughter of the Brown family, who live in an idyllic English countryside. One day Mi Taylor (Mikey Rooney), a young wanderer and opportunist, whose father had given him "all the roads in the Kingdom" to travel, arrives at the Brown family estate. When Velvet wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event, but who will ride this horse? find out more...

A young boy living in Port Said, Egypt, narrowly escapes a bomb blast that destroys the apartment block where he lives. After discovering that both his parents were killed in the explosion, he decides to travel (on foot) to Durban, South Africa, to be with his only living relative, an aunt. During his 4500 mile journey across africa he has many adventures including a first hand experience with the slave trade and living for a time with a band of poachers and criminal find out more...