| Six Black Horses | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| 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 |
Six Black Horses is a 1962 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea and Joan O'Brien.
Plot
Ben Lane is breaking a horse in the desert that he believes to be a stray. He is caught by some ranchers who treat him as a horse thief when he is saved by Frank Jesse. Lane and Jesse are hired by Kelly, who offers 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. Lane rescues a collie that goes with him everywhere, including riding the pack horse.
Cast
- 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
Universal hired Burt Kennedy to write an original film script. Kennedy said he wrote it with Richard Widmark in mind.
Parts of the film were shot at Snow Canyon and Leeds in Utah.
Comic book adaption
- Dell Movie Classic: Six Black Horses (January 1963)
See also
References
- 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)
External links
- Six Black Horses at IMDb
- Six Black Horses at the TCM Movie Database
- Six Black Horses at Letterboxd
- Review of film at Variety
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