Rating: G
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: 10/05/2004
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Excellent For Children
Distributor/Studio: Paramount

This internationally produced adaptation of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty is essentially a vehicle for Oliver star Mark Lester. The young Lester spends most of the film trying to reclaim his beautiful black horse, which passes through several hands over the course of 90 minutes. All the setpieces of the Sewell original are in attendance, including the showstopping "burning barn" sequence. Walter Slezak is the only truly recognizable actor in the film outside of Lester.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Mark Lester - Joe Evans
Uschi Glas - Marie
Walter Slezak - Hackenschmidt
Peter Lee Lawrence - Gervaise
John Nettleton - Sir William Piggot
Patrick Mower - Sam Greene

Production:
James H. Hill - Director
Peter L. Andrews Malcolm Heyworth - Producer
Lionel Bart John Cameron - Composer
Ann Chegwidden Pablo Gonzalez del Amo - Editor
Wolf Mankowitz - Screen Writer
Chris Menges - Cinematographer
Fernando Arribas - Cinematographer
Anna Sewell - Short Story Author
Tony Tenser - Executive Producer

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