The Red Pony

The Red Pony

Year: 1949

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: English

Director: Lewis Milestone

ActionWesternDrama

Peter Miles portrays Tom Tiflin, a young boy at the center of a John Steinbeck tale set in California’s Salinas Valley. Caught between his quarrelsome parents—city‑dreamer Fred and country‑loving Alice—Tom seeks the steady presence of cowboy Billy Buck, finding both companionship and a paternal figure.

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