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      Gypsy Colt

      G 1954 1h 12m Drama List
      Reviews 40% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score A farmer (Ward Bond) and his wife (Frances Dee) must sell their daughter's (Donna Corcoran) beloved horse to a racing stable 500 miles away. Read More Read Less

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      Frances H It's hokey and trite, but I saw this flick and Neptune's Daughter with Esther Williams when I was four years old at a drive-in theater with my parents and 6 year old sister. It was our first movie that wasn't on TV and we were excited. The parents put us in our footed Dr. Denton jammies and actually thought we'd fall asleep! We showed them! My sister and I were horse crazy, which was understandable--it was the early days of TV and westerns ruled the airwaves. But to us, horses ruled our hearts and our favorite TV show was Saturday mornings' Fury--"The story of a horse and the boy who loved him." I remember being afraid of the MGM lion--that it would jump out of the screen and eat me (the result of watching the old Sabu Jungle Boy movies where tigers were attacking and eating people all of the time), but the resulting nightmares were worth it to see this movie. I loved it! And I just saw it again after 65 years and I am surprised how well it held up! Bravo, Gypsy Colt! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/20 Full Review Audience Member Remake of "Lassie, Come Home" but with a girl and her horse instead of a collie. Kindly farmers Ward Bond and Frances Dee are hit by hard times and forced sell their daughters beloved horse to a rich man who wants use him as a race horse. It's all pretty lightweight and silly, but I love Ward Bond and you also get to see a young Lee Van Cleef as an mean race horse trainer. My 4 year old liked it a lot. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member You cost me my job and I'll slit your ugly throat A poor farming family has to sell their prize horse in order to obtain enough money to plant their next crop and make a living. The daughter of the household is heartbroken by the decision, but she reluctantly understands; however, the horse does not understand. The horse repeatedly breaks out of its stable and returns to the poor family. How will the new owner deal with his slippery horse? "We're just wasting money nobody's got to waste." Andrew Marton, director of The Last Roman, Birds Do It, The Thin Red Line (1964), It Happens in Athens, King Solomon's Mine, Gentle Annie, and Wolf's Clothing, delivers Gypsy Colt. The storyline for this picture contains a classic animal genre theme. The animal is loved by an only child. The child losses the animal. By some miracle or act of kindness the child obtains the animal back. The settings and character delivery was solid in this movie and the acting fit the genre perfectly. The cast includes Lee Van Cleef, Frances Dee, Donna Corcoran, and Ward Bond. "I don't know how they keep that horse alive." This movie grabbed my attention because it starred Lee Van Cleef (one of my favorite western genre actors). This movie was fairly standard and in-line with numerous animal genre pictures. There are a few interesting sequences that are surprising because it is a horse performing the stunt; but overall, this is an above average family drama. "You don't suppose they put pops in jail because I stole you, do you?" Grade: B- Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Still proves to be one of my favorite horse films Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A farmer (Ward Bond) and his wife (Frances Dee) must sell their daughter's (Donna Corcoran) beloved horse to a racing stable 500 miles away.
      Director
      Andrew Marton
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Rating
      G
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 12m