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A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results.A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results.A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results.
Melinda Byron
- Jinx Ingals
- (as Patty King)
Don Reynolds
- Little Brown Jug
- (as Little Brown Jug)
Eddie Borden
- Circus Performer
- (uncredited)
Dolores Castle
- Gert
- (uncredited)
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
- Truck Driver
- (uncredited)
Joan Delmer
- Young Girl
- (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
- Telegrapher
- (uncredited)
Gracie Hanneford
- Circus Performer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn one of the school scenes, the children say the Pledge of Allegiance with their right arms extended, pointed toward the flag. This was the Bellamy Salute suggested by Francis Bellamy, who wrote the original version of the Pledge. Due to its similarity to the Nazi and Fascist salute, President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the position to hand-over-the-heart. This was later codified into law in 1942.
- GoofsAlice opens the lunch box to find a small snake inside. The snake is clearly hanging out of the box, but in the next angle it is fully inside.
- Crazy creditsand introducing Peter Miles as Tom
- Alternate versionsAlthough all previous UK cinema and video releases were uncut the 2010 Cornerstone DVD suffered 11 secs of cuts to edit shots of Tom holding and shaking a buzzard by its neck.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Mentalist: The Red Ponies (2010)
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Steinbeck's best
This is a beautiful motion picture about a boy and a horse (and there are many of those). Adapted by John Steinbeck from the author's own short stories, it captures its rural setting perfectly, and the entire production is enlivened by strong characterizations. Louis Calhern is especially fun as Grandfather, and Margaret Hamilton shines as a stern schoolmarm. But the real star, aside from the titular animal, is the dialogue. The people in this story speak so realistically and naturally, it spoils you and makes you wish all films were written this way. An added bonus is Aaron Copland's music. Remade in 1973 as a television movie by Universal.
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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