--- title: 'The Black Stallion (1979)' type: 'film' director: 'Carroll Ballard' released: '1979-01-01' runtime_minutes: 112 genres: - 'Adventure' - 'Family' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-stallion-1979' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078872/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Black Stallion (1979) 1979 · 112 min · Adventure, Family · United States ## Synopsis The Black Stallion is a 1979 American adventure film based on the 1941 classic children's novel of the same name by Walter Farley. The film starts in 1946, five years after the book was published. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey, a boy who is shipwrecked on a deserted island with a wild Arabian stallion that he befriends. After being rescued, they are set on entering a race challenging two champion horses. ## Credits - **Director:** [Carroll Ballard](https://cinepixo.com/people/carroll-ballard) - **Screenplay:** [Melissa Mathison](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-mathison), [Walter Farley](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-farley), [William D. Wittliff](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-d-wittliff) - **Original Music Composer:** [Carmine Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmine-coppola) - **Producer:** [Fred Roos](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-roos) - **Director of Photography:** [Caleb Deschanel](https://cinepixo.com/people/caleb-deschanel) - **Editor:** [Robert Dalva](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-dalva) ## Cast - [Clarence Muse](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-muse) - [Teri Garr](https://cinepixo.com/people/teri-garr) as Mrs. Ramsey - [Hoyt Axton](https://cinepixo.com/people/hoyt-axton) as Mr. Ramsey - [Fausto Tozzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fausto-tozzi) - [John Karlsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-karlsen) - [Marne Maitland](https://cinepixo.com/people/marne-maitland) - [Mickey Rooney](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rooney) - [Kelly Reno](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelly-reno) as Alec Ramsey - [Michael Higgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-higgins) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.theblackstallion.com Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-stallion-1979 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2300266); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.