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The Black Stallion

From the moment he first saw the stallion, he knew it would either destroy him, or carry him where no one had ever been before…

7.1(347)19791h 58m4

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2.7M
Box office
$37.8M
Language
Arabic
Part of The Black Stallion Collection · 3 films
  • rescue
  • poker
  • sports
  • shipwreck
  • human animal relationship
  • horse
  • barn
  • training
  • survival
  • based on children's book
  • jockey
  • deserted island

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)GNew York City, New York13 Oct 1979
    • TheatricalG17 Oct 1979
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU17 Oct 1979
  • BrazilBR

    • TheatricalL25 Dec 1979
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP19 Mar 1980
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical64 Jul 1980
  • HungaryHU

    • TheatricalKN19 Aug 1982

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The Black Stallion was released on 13 October 1979.

Audience reviews

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  • W

    Wuchak

    9/10/2021

    5/10

    _**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" (1979) starts out like Tarzan’s origin, just substituting the horse for the apes, before switching to the typical sports formula (young u…

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