Stallion Road

Stallion Road is a 1947 American drama film directed by James V. Kern, written by Stephen Longstreet, and starring Ronald Reagan, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Peggy Knudsen, Patti Brady and Harry Davenport. It was released by Warner Bros. on April 12, 1947.[2][3]

Stallion Road
Directed byJames V. Kern
Produced byAlex Gottlieb
Written byStephen Longstreet
StarringRonald Reagan
Alexis Smith
Zachary Scott
Peggy Knudsen
Patti Brady
Harry Davenport
Music byFrederick Hollander
CinematographyArthur Edeson
Edited byDavid Weisbart
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • April 12, 1947 (1947-04-12)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,350,000 (US rentals)[1]

Plot

Based on the novel and screenplay by Stephen Longstreet, this film depicts the romance which flowers between a breezy young veterinarian (Ronald Reagan), and a lady who runs a breeding farm (Alexis Smith). The two horse-loving characters appear to be bound for an inevitable love story. And a friend of the vet (Zachary Scott), who also fancies the lady, quite obviously hasn't a chance. But then, in a moment of crisis, when the favourite mare of the lady is at death's door, the vet doesn't respond to her summons. He is off vaccinating a herd of cows which is suddenly and alarmingly threatened with the dreaded anthrax disease. And that, it seems, is an incident which the lady takes very personally: she gives the vet the cold shoulder and throws herself into the arms of his pal. Eventually, things come around when the vet contracts anthrax himself (after pulling the lady's herd of horses out of danger with a new serum he has found) and she realizes that she still loves him and that she has to save him at all costs. So, she gives him the anthrax serum, and luckily he pulls through.

Cast

Production

The story was originally bought as a vehicle for Alan Ladd.[4]

References
  1. "Top Grossers of 1947", Variety, 7 January 1948 p 63
  2. Crowther, Bosley (1947-04-05). "Movie Review - Stallion Road - ' Stallion Road,' Featuring Alexis Smith, Ronald Reagan, Arrives at the Strand - 'St. Francis of Assist' Opens at the Belmont". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  3. "Stallion Road (1947) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  4. Variety (16 August 2018). "Variety (January 1946)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company – via Internet Archive.
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