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The Red Pony (1949)A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results. Director:Lewis Milestone |
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Title: The Red Pony (1949)
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Alice Tiflin
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Billy Buck
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Shepperd Strudwick | ... |
Mr. Fred Tiflin
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Peter Miles | ... |
Tom
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Melinda Byron | ... |
Jinx Ingals
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Jackie Jackson | ... |
Jackie
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Beau
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Don Reynolds | ... |
Little Brown Jug
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Nino Tempo | ... |
Nino
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Tommy Sheridan | ... |
Dale
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In the coast range mountains on the western edge of the Salinas Valley is a ranch where Tom, a lad of about ten, longs for a pony. He lives with his mom, who was born there, her dad, a talkative pioneer who misses the old West, Tom's dad Fred Tiflin, who comes from the city and after years on the ranch doesn't feel at home there, and Billy, their trusted hand, a real cowboy. While Fred has to sort out whether he wants to stay a rancher and come to terms with his son being closer to Billy than to himself, Tom gets a pony and learns directly about responsibility and loss. What lessons can each learn, and are tragedy and hard choices all that life offers? Are laughter and joy anywhere? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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EnglishRelease Date:
28 March 1949 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
John Steinbeck's The Red Pony See more »Company Credits
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Republic Pictures (I), Lewis Milestone Productions, Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions Inc. See more »
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Written by Robert Lowry
Played on piano by Myrna Loy
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The 81-day shooting schedule was at the time the longest and costliest for Republic Pictures. See more »Goofs
Alice 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. See more »Crazy Credits
and introducing Peter Miles as Tom See more »Soundtracks
"Shall We Gather at the River?"Written by Robert Lowry
Played on piano by Myrna Loy
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It is hard for me to believe this is a John Steinbeck novel and screen play, it is the complete opposite of anything that Steinbeck has ever written. Myrna Loy, (Alice Tiffin) plays a rather quite woman who lived in the Salinas Valley all her life and is a very calm mother with her son Tom and her aging father who repeats stories over and over again until I even got tired of hearing the grandfather, (Louis Calhern) repeat his lines over and over again. Alice Tiffin's husband came from San Jose, California and is beginning to drift away from the ranch and wants to work with his brother who lives in San Jose. Robert Mitchum, (Billy Buck) plays an outstanding role and seems to be the only person who puts his heart and soul into this picture. Louis Calhern gave a great supporting role and I just think that Myrna Loy did not belong in this film.