The Mudlark (1950)

A young street urchin (Andrew Ray) steals a cameo with the face of Queen Victoria (Irene Dunne) off a dead body. He has no idea who she is but he is fixated on her as a mother figure. When he hears she resides at Windsor Castle, he sneaks in in the hopes of seeing her in person. Based on the novel By Theodore Bonnet and directed by Jean Negulesco (THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN). This is a dull film that is supposed to be heartwarming (I think) but I found its title character annoying. A crude little thing reeking of body odor, who breaks into Windsor Castle, steals fruit and nonchalantly spits seeds all over the floor. Dunne isn't remotely believable as Queen Victoria. If that was an English accent she was using, it just sounded like an affected American. The rest of the cast is comprised of real Brits including Alec Guinness as her prime minister Disraeli in a quite ordinary performance. You'd never guess he was one of the world's great actors. With Finlay Currie as Mr. Brown, Anthony Steel, Constance Smith, Beatrice Campbell, Wildrid Hyde White and Patricia Hitchcock (Alfred's daughter).