Misty (1961)

Directed by

James B. Clark

Genre

drama, family

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

A

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two orphan children form a bond with a wild pony and her herd on a Virginia island. They try to save the ponies from being sold off at auction.

whimsicalheartfeltgentlenostalgicearnestfamily-friendly

What happens

Misty is a 1961 American CinemaScope children's film based on Marguerite Henry's 1947 award-winning children's book Misty of Chincoteague. The film tells a story of the special bond that develops between two young orphan children and a centuries-old herd of wild ponies living on an island off the coast of Virginia and a real-life Chincoteague pony named Misty. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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