Snowfire

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Snowfire
Snowfire 1958.jpg
Theatrical poster.
Directed byDorrell McGowan
Stuart E. McGowan
(as Stuart McGowan)
Written byDorrell McGowan
Stuart E. McGowan
(as Stuart McGowan)
Produced byDorrell McGowan
Stuart E. McGowan
(as Stuart McGowan)
Starring Don Megowan
Molly MacGowan
CinematographyBryon Baker
Edited byArthur H. Nadel
Jerry Young
Music by Albert Glasser
Production
company
Snowfire Productions
Distributed by Allied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • May 18, 1958 (1958-05-18)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Snowfire is a 1958 American Western film written, directed and produced by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan, who had also co-produced the Sky King television series.. The film stars Don Megowan, primarily a western actor, but better known today as the monster in The Creature Walks Among Us. [1] Molly McGowan and Claire Kelly also star.

Contents

Premise

A little girl claims to be friends with a supposedly savage white stallion.

Cast

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References

  1. Don Megowan "Coolest Father in the World" Interview with Vikki Megowan by Tom Weaver at Classic Images.com Archived October 25, 2019, at the Wayback Machine