The Winter Stallion | |
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Directed by | Peter Edwards |
Written by | Paul Matthews |
Produced by | Peter Edwards |
Starring | Daniel J. Travanti Lynette Davies Siân MacLean |
Cinematography | Peter Thornton |
Edited by | Keith Palmer |
Music by | Larry Brown Richard Glasser |
Distributed by | Peakviewing Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Winter Stallion, also known as The Christmas Stallion, is a 1992 British television Technicolor film directed by Peter Edwards and starring Daniel J. Travanti. A Welsh language version titled Eira Cynta'r Gaeaf was filmed back-to-back and broadcast on S4C, which produced the film. [1] [2]
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