
Overview:
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.Status: | Released (1979-10-13) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. 8 wins & 6 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $37,799,643 |
Screen: | Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff |
Productions: | United Artists, American Zoetrope |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English, العربية, Italiano, Português |

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- 81544: Kelly Reno - Alec Ramsey
- 1937: Mickey Rooney - Henry Dailey
- 8437: Teri Garr - Alec's Mother
- 87825: Clarence Muse - Snoe
- 16166: Hoyt Axton - Alec's Father
- 2979: Michael Higgins - Neville
- 150238: Ed McNamara - Jake
Crews
- 68212: Carroll Ballard - Director - Directing
- 71760: Jeanne Rosenberg - Screenplay - Writing
- 9964: Melissa Mathison - Screenplay - Writing
- 154: Walter Murch - Screenplay - Writing
- 1117303: Alan Splet - Supervising Sound Editor - Sound
- 21864: William D. Wittliff - Screenplay - Writing
- 128100: Walter Farley - Novel - Writing
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_**Aesthetically pleasing, but dramatically dull**_ A boy befriends a fiery Arabian stallion in the Mediterranean in 1946 and ends up hooking up with an ex-horse racing trainer (Mickey Rooney) back home in the northeast USA. Teri Garr plays the mother. "The Black Stallion" ( ....
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