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Director:
James Hill
Writers:
Artur Brauner (German version)
James Hill (additional dialogue)
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Release Date:
April 1971 (UK) more
Genre:
Family | Drama more
Tagline:
The Immortal Classic - Filmed in Ireland and Spain more
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User Comments:
a Mark Lester vehicle... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Mark Lester ... Joe Evans
Walter Slezak ... Hackenschmidt
Peter Lee Lawrence ... Gervaise
Uschi Glas ... Marie Hackenschmidt (as Ursula Glas)
Patrick Mower ... Sam Greener
John Nettleton ... Sir William

Maria Rohm ... Lady Anne
Eddie Golden ... Evans
Clive Geraghty ... Roger
John Hoey ... Muldoon (as Johnny Hoey)
Patrick Gardiner ... O'Flaherty
Brian McGrath ... Mark Beauchamp
Ronan Smith ... Farmboy
John Franklyn ... Coalman
Margaret Lacey ... Anne Sewell
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Additional Details

Runtime:
106 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Chilton Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Top billed Mark Lester only worked three weeks. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Buck Henry/The Band (#2.6)" (1976) more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
a Mark Lester vehicle..., 29 October 2003
Author: frankiehudson from UK

This is an excellent little horsey film with Mark Lester, the angel-faced victim of Bill Sykes (Oliver!), now playing the farm boy on what looks like Exmoor or somewhere similar (perhaps Scotland). His nemesis this time is the terrible, sadistic Sam Greene (Patrick Mower) whose mission is to wreak havoc on everyone on his newly-inherited estate following the death of his altruistic father.

Really, it's a bit of a naturalist film, with the actual birth of Black Beauty himself shown and lots of delightful shots of rural, country life in England amidst classical English landscape. There really is some fine cinematography with sweeping panoramic landscapes, etc. The Pro-Hunting enthusiasts in England would now love this film and there are tons of shots of bands of red tunic huntsmen all over the place, with packs of dogs and stuff in hot pursuit.

However, the editing is clumsy and contrived and the director seems to want to create some sort of pseudo-art film, with lots of slow motion shots of hunting accompanied by a cheesy, amateurish soundtrack.

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