Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

Last updated
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Written by Marguerite Henry (novel)
Screenplay byJack Turley
Based onSan Domingo, The Medicine Hat Stallion (novel)
Produced by Ed Friendly (producer & executive producer)
CinematographyRobert L. Morrison
Edited byPaul LaMastra
Music by Morton Stevens
Production
companies
NBC
Ed Friendly Productions
Distributed by NBC (original broadcast)
GoodTimes Home Video (VHS, 1977)
Release date
November 6, 1977 (broadcast date)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion is a television movie starring Leif Garrett which aired November 6, 1977 on NBC. [1] It is based on the novel San Domingo, The Medicine Hat Stallion by Newbery Medal award winner Marguerite Henry. The movie was developed and produced by Ed Friendly and directed by Michael O'Herlihy from a teleplay by Jack Turley. [2] In 1978 Peter Lundy was awarded the Bronze Wrangler for Outstanding Western Fictional Television Program by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. [3]

Contents

Summary

Peter Lundy (Leif Garrett) is a 15-year-old boy growing up in pre-Civil War Nebraska Territory with his father Jethro (played by Mitchell Ryan), mother Emily (played by Bibi Besch), and Grandma Lundy (played by Ann Doran). Peter resents the tyrannical way his father treats him and hates the bleak life at their prairie trading post. [4] He raises a foal that was left at the trading post as a payment until it becomes old enough to ride. Peter and his horse then win a job with the Pony Express to carry correspondence and messages between the East and West coasts. [5] It is a rough, hard, and dangerous job but Peter learns what he is made of and earns the respect of his father.

Cast

Awards

Won

Nomination

Other Awards

Related Research Articles

<i>The Waltons</i> American 1972–1981 television series

The Waltons is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. It was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his 1961 book Spencer's Mountain and the 1963 film of the same name.

Lily Tomlin American actress

Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She started her career as a stand-up comedian as well as performing off-Broadway during the 1960s. Her breakout role was on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973. She currently stars as Frankie Bergstein on the Netflix series Grace and Frankie, which debuted in 2015 and has earned her nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.

Peter Ustinov English actor, filmmaker and writer

Sir Peter Alexander von Ustinov was a British actor, filmmaker and writer. He was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. An intellectual and diplomat, he held various academic posts and served as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and president of the World Federalist Movement.

Leif Garrett American actor and singer

Leif Garrett is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and television personality. He worked as a child actor, then in the 1970s became famous as a teen idol in music. He later received much publicity for his drug abuse and legal troubles.

Emilio Estevez American actor, director, and writer

Emilio Estévez is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Riders in the Sky (band) American Western music and comedy group

Riders in the Sky is an American Western music and comedy group which began performing in 1977, having made more than 8,000 live appearances through 2019. The band has released more than 40 full length albums, starred in a self-titled television series on CBS lasting two seasons, wrote and starred in an NPR syndicated radio drama Riders Radio Theater, and appeared in television series and films including as featured contributors to Ken Burns' Country Music. Their family-friendly style also appeals to children, exemplified in their recordings for Disney and Pixar. They have won two Grammy Awards and have written and performed music for major motion pictures, including "Woody's Roundup" from Toy Story 2 and Pixar's short film, For the Birds. The band also recorded full length companion albums for Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc.

Ned Beatty American actor (1937–2021)

Ned Thomas Beatty was an American actor. In a career that spanned five decades, he appeared in more than 160 films. Throughout his career, Beatty gained a reputation for being described as "The busiest actor in Hollywood". His film appearances included Deliverance (1972), All the President's Men (1976), Network (1976), Superman (1978), Back to School (1986), Rudy (1993), Shooter (2007), and Toy Story 3 (2010).

<i>Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron</i> 2002 film by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is a 2002 American animated Western film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. The film is directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook from a screenplay by John Fusco. The film follows Spirit, a Kiger Mustang stallion, who is captured during the American Indian Wars by the United States Cavalry; he is freed by a Native American man named Little Creek who attempts to lead him back into the Lakota village. In contrast to the way animals are portrayed in an anthropomorphic style in other animated features, Spirit and his fellow horses communicate with each other through non-linguistic sounds and body language like real horses.

Beau Bridges American actor and director

Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. Bridges was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 7, 2003, at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the television industry. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges.

Backstairs at the White House is a 1979 NBC television miniseries based on the 1961 book My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House by Lillian Rogers Parks. The series, produced by Ed Friendly Productions, is the story of behind-the-scenes workings of the White House and the relationship between the staff and the First Families.

Marguerite Henry

Marguerite Henry was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for one of her books about horses and she was a runner-up for two others. One of the latter, Misty of Chincoteague (1947), was the basis for several sequels and for the 1961 movie Misty.

John Quade American actor

John William Saunders III, better known by the stage name John Quade, was an American character actor who starred in film and in television. He was best known for his role as Cholla, the leader of the motorcycle gang the Black Widows in the Clint Eastwood films Every Which Way but Loose (1978) and its sequel Any Which Way You Can (1980).

This is a timeline of events throughout the 40-year history of the Western Hockey League

Red Steagall Musical artist

Russell "Red" Steagall is an American actor, musician, poet, and stage performer, who focuses on American Western and country music genres.

Michael O'Herlihy was an Irish television producer and director who directed shows like Gunsmoke (1955), Maverick (1957), Star Trek (1965), Hawaii Five-O (1968), M*A*S*H (1972) and The A-Team (1983).

Ed Friendly American television producer

Edwin "Ed" Samson Friendly Jr. was an American television producer. He was responsible for creating the television programs Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Little House on the Prairie, and Backstairs at the White House.

Elliot Silverstein is an American director, who is best known for being the director of the movie Cat Ballou (1965).

Marvin J. Chomsky is an American television and film director. He has also worked as a producer.

Richard Halsey is an American film editor with more than 60 credits from 1970 onwards. An alumnus of Hollywood High School, he won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 49th Academy Awards for editing Rocky with Scott Conrad, also being nominated for one BAFTA and one Emmy Award. He often works with his wife Colleen and they are credited together. Both have been elected to membership in American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.); Halsey has been a member since 1988. He is now living in the Hollywood Hills.

References

  1. Beck, Marilyn. “Beck on Hollywood, Personalities: Some birthday.” St. Petersburg Times, 31 October 1977.
  2. Thomas, Kevin. “’Peter Lundy’ is for the Family.” Los Angeles Times, 4 November 1977.
  3. “Heritage Award.” News Record, 10 March 1977.
  4. Thomas, Kevin. “’Peter Lundy’ is for the Family.” Los Angeles Times, 4 November 1977.
  5. “Young Pony Express rider battles hazards of Old West.” The Reporter, 6 August 1978.
  6. “‘Peter Lundy’ Repeat Set.” The Tampa Tribune-Times, 6 August 1978.