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The Black Stallion

G
Movie
1979
1h 58m
English
Family, Adventure
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.
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7.5
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The Black Stallion (1979) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
87

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Kelly Reno
Alec Ramsey
Mickey Rooney
Henry Dailey
Teri Garr
Alec's Mother
Hoyt Axton
Alec's Father
CassOl
The Black Stallion
John Burton
Jockey #1
John Buchanan
Jockey #2
Fausto Tozzi
Rescue Captain
John Karlsen
Archeologist
Frank Cousins
African Chieftain
Marne Maitland
Drake Captain
Tom Dahlgren
Veterinarian
Daniel Henning
Danny (uncredited)
Directed By: Carroll Ballard
Written By: Walter Murch (Screenplay), Melissa Mathison (Screenplay), + 3 more

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hirkiti says...
2 years ago
I was forced to the movies to watch this when I was a kid and it still gives me the willies. It was pure torture. Child cruelty it is forcing a young boy to watch this. Maybe I should try and watch it again. It’s probably not bad… nah. I’m going to saw my leg off instead - it’ll likely be less painful. Just read this to my honey she said “It sounds like you have a IQ of zero”. Could that be true? I should get tested…
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gunsgirl says...
4 years ago
Really nice family movie about the relationship between a boy and his horse and how the horse became a winner.
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bladefd
8/10  8 months ago
‘The Black Stallion’ is a fictional film based on a novel. A young boy, Alec, is traveling with his father on a ship near Northern Africa. On the ship, he encounters a ferocious Arabian horse, which he later named ‘Black’ for the color of the horse’s mane, being transported under ropes and More
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Wuchak
3 years ago
_**Aesthetically pleasing, but dramatically dull**_

A boy befriends a fiery Arabian stallion in the Mediterranean in 1946 and ends up hooking up with an ex-horse racing trainer (Mickey Rooney) back home in the northeast USA. Teri Garr plays the mother.

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