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Directed by | Andrew Marton |
Screenplay by | Martin Berkeley |
Based on | Lassie Come-Home 1940 novel by Eric Knight |
Produced by | Sidney Franklin William Grady Jr. |
Starring | Donna Corcoran Ward Bond Frances Dee |
Cinematography | Harold Lipstein |
Edited by | Conrad A. Nervig |
Music by | Rudolph G. Kopp |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $512,000 [1] |
Box office | $1,425,000 [1] |
Gypsy Colt is a 1954 American drama film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Donna Corcoran, Ward Bond and Frances Dee. Shot in Ansco Color, it was produced and distributed by Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film's basic plot was taken from Lassie Come Home with the focus changed from a dog to the eponymous horse. [2]
A 60-minute version of Gypsy Colt was made available in 1967 as part of the weekly TV anthology Off to See the Wizard . [3]
A young girl, Meg, is disheartened when her parents Frank and Em MacWade are forced to sell Gypsy Colt, her favorite horse, to a rancher. Gypsy Colt escapes several times, ultimately taking a 500-mile journey to return to his rightful owner.
According to MGM records, the movie earned $721,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $704,000 in other markets, making a profit of $259,000. [1]