Wild Stallion Reviews

An enjoyable little western programmer starring Johnson as a young cavalry lieutenant recently graduated from West Point, who thinks back to the events that formed his character. In flashback we see Johnson as a young boy (played by Lindgren) on the day he is orphaned in an Indian attack. His prize colt escapes in the fray and runs off to join a herd of wild stallions. Alone and afraid, Johnson is taken in by wild-horse hunter Buchanan, who raises him at a cavalry outpost. As the boy grows older he becomes obsessed with recapturing his beautiful horse. Johnson, at length, finds his stallion, but then loses it to the Army. After he rescues a cavalry patrol from an Indian attack, the Army gratefully returns Johnson's horse to him. Standard stuff made watchable by a solid cast, with Buchanan the standout. The assistant director on this film was Andrew McLaglen, son of Academy Award-winning actor Victor McLaglen.