After some hesitation, 10-year-old Bobby accepts the gift of a magnificent black foal from his severe, thoughtless and overprotective father.
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Title: Courage of Black Beauty (1957)
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| Johnny Crawford | ... | Bobby Adams (as John Crawford) | |
| Mimi Gibson | ... | Lily Rowden | |
| John Bryant | ... | Sam Adams | |
| Diane Brewster | ... | Ann Rowden | |
| J. Pat O'Malley | ... | Mike Green | |
| Russell Johnson | ... | Ben Farraday | |
| Ziva Rodann | ... | Janet Corday | |
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After some hesitation, 10-year-old Bobby accepts the gift of a magnificent black foal from his severe, thoughtless and overprotective father.
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Anna Sewell's Great Classic!Genres:
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Written by Edward L. Alperson, Jr., Dick Hughes and Richard Stapley
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Ann Roden (Diane Brewster) drives a 1956 Lincoln convertible. See more »Soundtracks
The Donkey Game SongWritten by Edward L. Alperson, Jr., Dick Hughes and Richard Stapley
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July 1957 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El valor de Azabache See more »Company Credits
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Any resemblance between this rather pedestrian film and the Anna Sewall novel is not just coincidental, it's non-existent. Courage Of Black Beauty is about a horse with the name of Black Beauty and that's about it.
The film begins with the birth of the colt and John Bryant the owner plans to give it to his young son Johnny Crawford who's been staying with his grandmother since his mother died. The kid has been quite the handful. Widower Bryant is also at loose ends because of his wife's death, but he's gotten somewhat interested in widow Diane Brewster with her daughter Mimi Gibson who are Bryant's neighbors.
Given just what I've told you I think you have some idea where this film is going. Throw in J. Pat O'Malley the old ranch hand and a German Shepherd dog that Mimi Gibson owns and you've got all the ingredients of a kid's film.
The story Black Beauty which is a children's classic became so because Sewall wrote it from the horse's perspective. Courage Of Black Beauty is definitely not that. It looks like it was shot with a Kodak brownie camera, the production values just aren't there.
The kids may like it, the grownups will thank the producers they only have 78 minutes of film to endure.