My Friend Flicka

United States, 1943

Film
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A young boy is determined to befriend a rebellious horse in this touching family film based on the celebrated novel by Mary O’Hara. Setting his heart on winning Flicka’s confidence and ultimately taming her, Ken begins to grow up a little and everyone learns some important lessons in this poignant tale of love, patience, faith and ‘hope beyond hope’. Stars Roddy McDowall and Preston Foster.

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Collection

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Credits

producer

Ralph Dietrich

production company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

director

Harold Schuster

Duration

01:25:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1943

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302760

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Animals & Wildlife → Animal films

Animals & Wildlife → Horses

Childrens Films

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

TMDB-Movie

18992

Wikidata

Q3319820

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