6.9
Fight of the Wild Stallions (1947)
December 24, 194720mEN
5.5
6 votes
Overview
Fight of the Wild Stallions is a 1947 short documentary film produced by Thomas Mead about wild stallions in the wilds and the business of wrangling them. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel.
Director
Thomas MeadWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Universal International PicturesUniversal Pictures
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CinemaSerf
5.0Seeing as this is supposed to come from the self-anointed “land of the free” there is something anachronistically triumphalist about the commentary as mankind uses his wits, guile and an aeroplane to frighten some beautiful wild animals into a coral of fences and adobe walls so that they can be branded as human property and spend the remainder of their lives in captivity. They are frequently referred to as “pests” for daring to continue to roam Wyoming’s Red Desert eating what they can and depriving the cattle people need to rear to feed themselves of grazing. There is some lively photography…
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