The Red Pony
by Lewis Milestone
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Actor: Louis Calhern, Myrna Loy, Peter Miles, Robert Mitchum, Shepperd StrudwickDirector: Lewis Milestone
Brand: Lions Gate
Cinematographer: Tony Gaudio
Producer: Lewis Milestone
Editor: Harry Keller
Producer: Charles K. Feldman
Writer: John Steinbeck
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-07-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Republic Pictures
Movie Reviews of The Red Pony
Movie Review: Don't read the book first
Summary: 3 Stars
If you read Steinbeck's novel of the same title already, either lower your expectations for the film, don't watch it, or watch it as if it's a different story.
Shepperd Strudwick does a fine job acting as the petty, mean-spirited, controlling Fred Tiflin. Decent performances were also delivered by Myrna Loy as Alice, Peter Miles as the boy Tom, Robert Mitchum as cowboy Billy Buck and Louis Calhern as Grandfather. Robert Mitchum as Billy Buck seemed an odd choice as the novel made one expect an older, heavier man. Poor acting didn't kill this film, the rewriting did. Instead of making the audience cope with Billy Buck bludgeoning to death the pregnant mare to save her colt, the writers decided to have all the fuss about how to safely deliver the breech position colt resolved with an easy delivery. Problem solved! No fuss, no muss. My 8-year old thought the ending was funny because everyone was laughing, but I found it odd.
In a nutshell, the acting of Myrna Loy and Robert Mitchum matched with a score by Aaron Copland couldn't rescue the screen adaptation from Hollywood schmaltz.
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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 07/22/2003 Run time: 91 minutes Rating: NrClassics DVD Video
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