Gypsy Colt is a 1954 American drama film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Donna Corcoran, Ward Bond and Frances Dee. Shot in Ansco Color, it was produced and distributed by Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film's basic plot was taken from Lassie Come Home with the focus changed from a dog to the eponymous horse.[2]
| Gypsy Colt | |
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| Directed by | Andrew Marton |
| Screenplay by | Martin Berkeley |
| Based on | Lassie Come-Home 1940 novel by Eric Knight |
| Produced by | Sidney Franklin William Grady Jr. |
| Starring | Donna Corcoran Ward Bond Frances Dee |
| Cinematography | Harold Lipstein |
| Edited by | Conrad A. Nervig |
| Music by | Rudolph G. Kopp |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $512,000[1] |
| Box office | $1,425,000[1] |
A 60-minute version of Gypsy Colt was made available in 1967 as part of the weekly TV anthology Off to See the Wizard.[3]
Plot
editA young girl, Meg, is disheartened when her parents Frank and Em MacWade are forced to sell Gypsy Colt, her favorite horse, to a rancher. Gypsy Colt escapes several times, ultimately taking a 500-mile (805-km) journey to return to his rightful owner.
Cast
edit- Donna Corcoran as Meg
- Ward Bond as Frank
- Frances Dee as Em
- Lee Van Cleef as Hank
- Larry Keating as Wade Y. Gerald
- Nacho Galindo as Pancho
- Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. as Rodolfo
- Peggy Maley as Pat
- Robert Hyatt as Phil Gerald (as Bobby Hyatt)
- Highland Dale as Gypsy, the Horse
Reception
editAccording to MGM records, the movie earned $721,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $704,000 in other markets, making a profit of $259,000.[1]
Comic book adaptation
edit- Dell Four Color #568 (June 1954)[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ Article on film at TCMDB
- ^ "Gypsy Colt (1954) - Andrew Marton | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ^ "Dell Four Color #568". Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Dell Four Color #568 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
edit- Gypsy Colt at IMDb
- Gypsy Colt at TCMDB
- Gypsy Colt at AllMovie
- Gypsy Colt at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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