Gypsy Colt

Gypsy Colt is a 1954 Ansco Color film about an eponymous horse. The films basic plot was taken from Lassie Come Home.[2]

Gypsy Colt
Directed byAndrew Marton
Produced bySidney Franklin
William Grady Jr.
Screenplay byMartin Berkeley
Based onLassie Come-Home
1940 novel
by Eric Knight
StarringDonna Corcoran
Ward Bond
Frances Dee
Music byRudolph G. Kopp
CinematographyHarold Lipstein
Edited byConrad A. Nervig
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • April 2, 1954 (1954-04-02)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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

A young girl, Meg (Donna Corcoran), is disheartened when her parents Frank (Ward Bond) and Em MacWade (Frances Dee) are forced to sell her favorite horse, Gypsy Colt, to a rancher. Gypsy Colt escapes several times, ultimately taking a 500-mile journey to return to his rightful owner.

Cast

Reception

According to MGM records the movie earned $721,000 in the US and Canada and $704,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $259,000.[1]

Comic book adaption

References

  1. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. Article on film at TCMDB
  3. http://www.allmovie.com/movie/gypsy-colt-v21221
  4. "Dell Four Color #568". Grand Comics Database.
  5. Dell Four Color #568 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)


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