Run, Appaloosa, Run is a 1966 Disney live-action featurette. It was released theatrically in a double-movie bill with Lt. Robin Crusoe USN.
The film's Buena Vista logo shares its fanfare with that of The Absent-Minded Professor and Emil and the Detectives.
Plot[]
The movie tells the story of how a youngster and horse work together to overcome adversity. The Appaloosa horse had a rough beginning. His mother died soon after he was born. He only managed t, Silver,o avoid being caught by a cougar by jumping into the river, but he almost drowned. Fortunately for him an Indian girl named Mary Blackfeather, and her dog saved the foal, naming him Holy Smoke. Mary raised the foal with the aid of a nanny goat as substitute mother. When Holy Smoke was grown, Mary was forced to sell him to obtain money for the tribe. Holy Smoke was purchased by a dude who sold him to a rodeo cowboy who abused the horse and sold him to a rodeo clown. The clown was kind to Holy Smoke, but Mary was horrified when she saw her horse attired in fake donkey ears and baggy pants, and threatened by a rodeo bull. The clown sold Holy Smoke back to Mary at a price she could afford and she trained him for a big race called the Hell's Mountain Relay. When her brother's horse threw him, Mary and Holy Smoke had to run the relay by themselves. Mary lost the baton when another rider tried to unseat her but her dog Silver retrieved it from the river. Mary picked up the baton from Silver in a "Russian Drag" and went on to win the race.
Cast[]
- Rex Allen as Narrator
- Walter Cloud as Tribal Chief
- Jerry Gatlin as Gilly Trask
- Adele Palacios as Mary Blackfeather
- Wilbur Plaugher as The Clown
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