Black Horse Canyon

1954
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1h 21m

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Mari Blanchard, Race Gentry, Joel McCrea, and Highland Dale in Black Horse Canyon (1954)

Classical Western Soap Opera Drama Western

The story of a wild black stallion and the cowboys who set out to capture him.The story of a wild black stallion and the cowboys who set out to capture him.The story of a wild black stallion and the cowboys who set out to capture him.

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6.1/10

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Joel McCrea

Del Rockwell

Mari Blanchard

Aldis Spain

Race Gentry

Murvyn Vye

Jennings

Irving Bacon

John Pickard

Duke

Ewing Mitchell

Sheriff

Pilar Del Rey

Juanita

Highland Dale

Outlaw Stallion
(uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Cowhand
(uncredited)

Bill Williams

Jim Graves
(uncredited)

Henry Wills

Cowhand
(uncredited)

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- Jesse Hibbs
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Trivia
Much of the footage of Highland Dale,the horse playing Outlaw,is lifted from 'Red Canyon' [1949] which also featured the equine actor who also had the title role in the television series 'Fury'.

Goofs
When both Rockwell and Aldis work with Black Horse, it is always rearing up, but they are clearly making a gesture that the horse is trained to rear up to. They always raise their arms just a second before he rears up, clearly controlling the horse with their gesture. The gesture is made to look like a defensive response to the horse rearing (like they are shielding themselves from the horse's hooves or something), but the gesture clearly happens before the horse rears, not after.

Connections
Referenced in Century of Cinema: Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995)

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10/10

Excellent Western Movie

I love this movie! I have seen many western movies and the only question is how to get a DVD of this movie!!!

The scenery, the theme and lack of violence is actually quite amazing. This is an ideal movie for those who love westerns and horses. And yes, this horse is a great actor and also a wonderful animal. Joel McCrea and everyone in the movie did well. A straight forward and lovely movie. The real ranch setting adds much to the movie. The taming techniques used to "break" this horse are legit and although the well trained horse is not really wild the whole story set well with me. The canyon terrain and water hole attractions and all make this quite authentic to the way a real wild horse would behave and Mari Blanchard and The young man Ti in the movie role do well. Outlaw the movie name of this black horse is simply movie magic. Any horse rancher should want their own copy.