The Fighting Stallion (1950) – Appaloosa Exchange

Appaloosa Exchange

The Fighting Stallion (1950) – Appaloosa Exchange

The Fighting Stallion (1950)

The Fighting Stallion (1950)

Lon Evans, a WW II Veteran returns to his Wyoming home.  After the terrible news comes that his eyes are deteriorating and that he will go blind.
When he returns home, he finds his father has caught a white stallion that is untameable.  He names the horse Starlight and trains him to be his eyes for when he does lose his sight.

Starring:

Bill Edwards as Lon Evans
Doris Merrick as Jeanne Barton
Forrest Taylor as Martin Evans
Don C. Harvey as Commander Patrick
Robert Carson as Tom Allen
Concha Ybarra as Nantee
Gene Alsace as Lem
Merrill McCormick as Yancy

Directed by
Robert Emmett Tansey

Written by
George F. Slavin (Original Story)
Frances Kavanaugh (Screenplay)

 

Starlight, I am unsure who the horses are that played him. I believe that at least one or two of the horses might be actual appaloosas, however, in some scenes, it looks like the spots on his face and hindquarters are dye jobs. The film is viewable on Tubi which is a free account. The Fighting Stallion (1950) Tubi

If anyone knows more about the horse(s) that played Starlight please let me know.