Six Black Horses

Six Black Horses
Film poster
Directed byHarry Keller
Written byBurt Kennedy
Produced byGordon Kay
StarringAudie Murphy
Dan Duryea
Joan O'Brien
CinematographyMaury Gertsman
Edited byAaron Stell
Color processEastmancolor
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • March 9, 1962 (1962-03-09) (Los Angeles)
  • March 28, 1962 (1962-03-28) (San Francisco)
  • April 24, 1962 (1962-04-24) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000[1]
Publicity still with Joan O’Brien for film

Six Black Horses is a 1962 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea and Joan O'Brien.[2]

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

Production

Universal hired Burt Kennedy to write an original film script. Kennedy said he wrote it with Richard Widmark in mind.[3]

Parts of the film were shot at Snow Canyon and Leeds in Utah.[4]

Comic book adaption

  • Dell Movie Classic: Six Black Horses (January 1963)[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 291
  2. ^ Six Black Horses at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
  3. ^ Joyner, C. Courtney (2009). The Westerners: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Writers and Producers. McFarland. p. 135. ISBN 9780786455683.
  4. ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
  5. ^ Dell Movie Classic: Six Black Horses at the Grand Comics Database
  6. ^ Dell Movie Classic: Six Black Horses at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)


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