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| Genre: | Family |
| Year: | 1971 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Cast: | James H. Hill, Mark Lester, Uschi Glas, Walter Slezak |
This internationally produced adaptation of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty is essentially a vehicle for Oliver star Mark Lester. The young Lester spends most of the film trying to reclaim his beautiful black horse, which passes through several hands over the course of 90 minutes. All the setpieces of the Sewell original are in attendance, including the showstopping "burning barn" sequence. Walter Slezak is the only truly recognizable actor in the film outside of Lester. Even the scene-stealing Slezak hasn't a chance opposite the "performance" of the magnificent title character. Hal Erickson
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