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01/01/1976 Comedy, Music 2h 6m
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Overview

"If Wishes Were Horses" is a musical comedy featuring Guyana’s premier comedian Habeeb Khan as a farmer who prefers show business, but joins the National “Feed-Yourself" campaign. With original songs and theme music, and the dramatic and comedic skills of Khan, Mignon Lowe, Barney Johnson, Don Me Master, Lennox Greaves and director Vivian John Lee himself.

  1. Vivian John Lee

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Habeeb Khan

  2. John Agard

  3. Mignon Lowe

  4. Don McMasters

  5. Lennox Greaves

  6. Jan Cox

  7. Juliana Da Silva

  8. Vivian John Lee

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Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2025-03-20
'If Wishes Were Horses' is a strange one. For a 1976 release out of Guyana, it is relatively impressive. However, judging it solely as a movie, it's not so good. The musical elements are actually quite good, even charming at points; the titular song is pleasant.

The humour is hit-and-miss, I did chuckle once or twice but that was mainly early on. The film is spearheaded by Habeeb Khan, a - so I read - famous comedian in the South American country. He is, in fairness, a solid lead. You can tell it's a vehicle of sorts for the comic.

The plot is a bit all over the place, the core ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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