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Black Beauty (1971)When farm Evan's mare has a fine son, he promises the black stallion to his son Joe. The youngster enjoy growing up as playmates. Alas, once the good squire is buried, his mean heir, who ... See full summary » Director:James Hill |
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Title: Black Beauty (1971)
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Joe Evans
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Walter Slezak | ... |
Hackenschmidt
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Peter Lee Lawrence | ... |
Gervaise
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Uschi Glas | ... |
Marie Hackenschmidt
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Patrick Mower | ... |
Sam Greener
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John Nettleton | ... |
Sir William
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Lady Anne
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Eddie Golden | ... |
Evans
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Clive Geraghty | ... |
Roger
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John Hoey | ... |
Muldoon
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Patrick Gardiner | ... |
O'Flaherty
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Brian McGrath | ... |
Mark Beauchamp
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Ronan Smith | ... |
Farmboy
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John Franklyn | ... |
Coalman
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Margaret Lacey | ... |
Anna Sewell
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When farm Evan's mare has a fine son, he promises the black stallion to his son Joe. The youngster enjoy growing up as playmates. Alas, once the good squire is buried, his mean heir, who abuses animals, turns the screws on till pa Evans is forced to leave and abandon even Black Beauty. He soon looses everything in a cards game, so the stallion ends up in the Hackenschmidt circus. Joe is desperate to get him back. Written by KGF Vissers
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April 1971 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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This is an excellent little horsey film with Mark Lester, the angel-faced victim of Bill Sykes (Oliver!), now playing the farm boy on what looks like Exmoor or somewhere similar (perhaps Scotland). His nemesis this time is the terrible, sadistic Sam Greene (Patrick Mower) whose mission is to wreak havoc on everyone on his newly-inherited estate following the death of his altruistic father.
Really, it's a bit of a naturalist film, with the actual birth of Black Beauty himself shown and lots of delightful shots of rural, country life in England amidst classical English landscape. There really is some fine cinematography with sweeping panoramic landscapes, etc. The Pro-Hunting enthusiasts in England would now love this film and there are tons of shots of bands of red tunic huntsmen all over the place, with packs of dogs and stuff in hot pursuit.
However, the editing is clumsy and contrived and the director seems to want to create some sort of pseudo-art film, with lots of slow motion shots of hunting accompanied by a cheesy, amateurish soundtrack.