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Gallant Bess

United States, 1946
film

A story of love and loyalty between a young man and his horse until the outbreak of WWII when Tex (Marshall Thompson) joins the Seabees and has to leave his b..

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A Horse's tale

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Heart of a stallion

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With gentle majesty

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My Friend Flicka

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Dusty (Captioned)

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Blood and sand

United States, 1922
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Forty thousand horsemen

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