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Black Beauty

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For her birthday, English teenager Anne Wheldon (Mona Freeman) is given a newborn horse. She names him Black Beauty and cares for him as he grows into a strong colt. One day, American Bill Dixon (Richard Denning) visits Anne's family's farm. He takes great interest in Anne's young horse, while Anne, however, is very taken with Bill. When he returns some years later, Anne hopes to draw Bill's attention, but she is dismayed to see that he still views her as a little girl.

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Kaaren Sprager Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles) 07/13/2021
The perfect job of casting the title role in Black Beauty is about the only redeeming feature of the picture. Go to Full Review Andrea Beach Common Sense Media 07/08/2014
3/5
Adaptation focuses on young girl and romance, not the horse. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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01/10/2016 first version of this often told tale See more 09/05/2010 If you've seen one horse movie, you've seen them all. The same goes for the Black Beauty movies, they're all the same. See more Read all reviews
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Max Nosseck

Director

Mona Freeman

Anne Wendon

Richard Denning

Bill Dixon

Evelyn Ankers

Evelyn Carrington

Charles Evans

Squire Wendon

J.M. Kerrigan

John
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Synopsis For her birthday, English teenager Anne Wheldon (Mona Freeman) is given a newborn horse. She names him Black Beauty and cares for him as he grows into a strong colt. One day, American Bill Dixon (Richard Denning) visits Anne's family's farm. He takes great interest in Anne's young horse, while Anne, however, is very taken with Bill. When he returns some years later, Anne hopes to draw Bill's attention, but she is dismayed to see that he still views her as a little girl.
Director
Max Nosseck
Producer
Edward L. Alperson
Screenwriter
Lillie Hayward, Agnes Christine Johnston
Production Co
Edward L. Alperson Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 9, 2021
Runtime
1h 14m