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The Black Stallion

The Black Stallion

1979 · Movie · 1h 58m · G

The highest scoring of the three Black Stallion films, ahead of The Black Stallion Returns (54). Streaming on Tubi.

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Synopsis

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.

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SourceRatingWeight
IMDb7.4/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes90%21%
Metacritic84/10021%
TMDB7.1/10348 votes16%
Balasaur Score79100%

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