A young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young red pony.A young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young red pony.A young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young red pony.
- Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 2 wins & 7 nominations total
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- Orville Frye
- (as Woody Chambliss)
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- TriviaThis was Maureen O'Hara's last acting role before she retired. She would not act again until Only the Lonely (1991).
- Quotes
Ruth Tiflin: and you sold the old cows, you bought a pony, you had a few drinks somewhere along the way. You ran into Jess Taylor and you and he got in a fight together ah I'd say you had quite a day
Carl Tiflin: Wait a minute, me and Jess didn't fight one another
Ruth Tiflin: I didn't say that, you never do, it just that he seems to bring out the worse in you and you bring out in him, someone else always catches it all I can say is thank god for small favors Your home
Carl Tiflin: You sure are Pretty
Ruth Tiflin: Thank you sir, and so are you. For a big tall raw born bunck buster whiskey drinker after mole chaser ugle ole cow poke.
Carl Tiflin: Well, That be the case ma'am what are you doing so far away. One think your in the next county something about pony express distance
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 25th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1973)
The story is that of a family, but particularly focuses on the stern and generally unlikable Carl (Henry Fonda) and his young son, Jody (Clint Howard). Carl has great difficulty showing emotion and rides his son awfully hard. The boy, as a result, is rather soft...and the story is how the two come to find a common bond through some horses. Whatever.
The bottom line is that despite Steinbeck's revered name, the weakest part of the film was the story. It was rather slow and took a meandering course...but at least the acting was very nice. In addition to the two above, Maureen O'Hara and Jack Elam (playing her father...though the two were born only about two months apart) star in this made for TV remake of the old Robert Mitchum film.
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- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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