Six Black Horses is a 1962 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea and Joan O'Brien.[2]
| Six Black Horses | |
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| Directed by | Harry Keller |
| Written by | Burt Kennedy |
| Produced by | Gordon Kay |
| Starring | Audie Murphy Dan Duryea Joan O'Brien |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Edited by | Aaron Stell |
| Color process | Eastmancolor |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000[1] |
Plot
editBen Lane (Audie Murphy) is breaking a horse in the desert that he believes to be stray. He is caught by some ranchers who treat him as a horse thief when he is saved by Frank Jesse (Dan Duryea). Lane and Jesse are hired by Kelly (Joan O'Brien), who offers to pay them $1,000 each to take her to a town to be with her husband. In reality, she is setting up Jesse because he killed her husband in a shootout. A unique part of the film is that Lane rescues a collie dog that goes with him everywhere, including riding the pack horse.
Cast
edit- Audie Murphy as Ben Lane
- Dan Duryea as Frank Jesse
- Joan O'Brien as Kelly
- George Wallace as Will Boone
- Roy Barcroft as Mustanger
- Bob Steele as Puncher
- Henry Wills as Indian leader
- Phil Chambers as Undertaker
- Charlita as Mexican dancer (as Charlita Regis)
- Dale Van Sickel as Man
Production
editUniversal hired Burt Kennedy to write an original film script. Kennedy said he wrote it with Richard Widmark in mind.[3]
Parts of the film were shot at Snow Canyon and Leeds in Utah.[4]
Comic book adaption
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 291
- ^ Six Black Horses at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
- ^ Joyner, C. Courtney (2009). The Westerners: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Writers and Producers. McFarland. p. 135. ISBN 9780786455683.
- ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
- ^ Dell Movie Classic: Six Black Horses at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Dell Movie Classic: Six Black Horses at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
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