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Ride a Wild Pony

Play trailer Poster for Ride a Wild Pony G Released Dec 25, 1975 1h 39m Kids & Family Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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When rich farm-owner James Ellison (Michael Craig) gives Scotty (Robert Bettles) a wild pony to ride to and from school, the poor but proud boy falls instantly in love with the rough-and-tumble animal. One day the horse runs away, and shortly thereafter Scotty sees James' daughter Josie (Eva Griffith) training a similar wild horse to pull her wheelchair. As the two children fight over whom the horse really belongs to, the divided town helps them find a way to settle the matter for good.
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Audience Member saw this at school, and as an impressionable horse crazy kid, I loved it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review r 9 A film that doesn't have a likeable character... The premise of 'Ride a Wild Pony' is way overdone, it feels overly elaborate just so they could include a court case scene. None of the characters even come across as all that charming. From a certain point, you can easily predict the conclusion despite it just emphasising how over complicated it all is. The two leads of the film are child actors in Robert Bettles (Scott) and Eva Griffith (Josie), who were seemingly told to act in full-on uncompromising mode; so no hate on the actors themselves. With that said, Scott acts like a spoilt brat for large portions while Josie expects everything her own way. I'd be fine with that if that was the film's intentions, but I'm positive it expects us to like and/or sympathise with them completely. I can't say I did. None of the adult onscreen talent standout, which doesn't help the youngsters. As for any positives, I haven't got much for you. The fact that it's shot on location in Australia is nice I guess, but that's practically it. This is, unfortunately, yet another mediocre live-action release from 1970s Disney. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a great little film. I saw it at the flicks about 35 years ago and I've never forgotten it. Some great Australian names in it, Michael Craig and the late, great John Meillon. A tale of a lad from a poor family whose town sold his father a wild pony cheap so he could get to school. There ends the spoiler alert. A Disney film, so it's harmless and very well done. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member (First and only viewing - 8/21/2010) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Don Chaffey

Director

Michael Craig

James Ellison

Eva Griffiths

Josie Ellison

Robert Bettles

Scotty Pirie

John Meillon

Charles E. Quayle

Graham Rouse

Bluey Waters
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Synopsis When rich farm-owner James Ellison (Michael Craig) gives Scotty (Robert Bettles) a wild pony to ride to and from school, the poor but proud boy falls instantly in love with the rough-and-tumble animal. One day the horse runs away, and shortly thereafter Scotty sees James' daughter Josie (Eva Griffith) training a similar wild horse to pull her wheelchair. As the two children fight over whom the horse really belongs to, the divided town helps them find a way to settle the matter for good.
Director
Don Chaffey
Producer
Jerome Courtland
Screenwriter
Rosemary Anne Sisson
Distributor
Walt Disney
Production Co
Walt Disney Productions
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 25, 1975, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 39m
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