Details

Release year: 1979

Storyline

After being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their rescue.

Top credits

Directors

Carroll Ballard

Writers

Cast

Kelly Reno — Alec Ramsey
Mickey Rooney — Henry Dailey
Teri Garr — Alec's Mother
Clarence Muse — Snoe

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Awards

0 wins & 2 nominations

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Did you know

• Among the innovations of sound editor Alan Splet, who won a special Oscar® for his work, was attaching microphones to the underside of the horse during the racing scenes to catch his actual hoof-beats and breathing.

• After the scene of the ship sinking, there is a stretch of 28 minutes where no dialogue was spoken.

• Author Walter Farley had reservations about his signature story being filmed and feared that the novel might not translate successfully to a new medium. Happily, the movie exceeded his expectations in remaining true to the original and finding its own artistic identity. "They did a beautiful job," he conceded.