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Black Beauty (1971)

Black Beauty poster
Directed by
James Hill
Genre
drama film, children's film, family film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, Spain
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
G
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A horse named Black Beauty experiences different owners and hardships in 19th century England. Through it all, he remains loyal and eventually finds his way back to a kind home.

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What happens

Black Beauty is a 1971 British drama film directed by James Hill and starring Walter Slezak, Mark Lester, Uschi Glas, Patrick Mower and John Nettleton. It was written by Wolf Mankowitz based on Anna Sewell's 1877 novel of the same name. It is the fourth feature film adaptation of Anna Sewell's story. Lionel Bart provided the score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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