''Mustang Country'' is a 1976
Western
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film directed by
John C. Champion. It stars American actor
Joel McCrea
Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned a wide variety of genres over almost five decades, including comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, adventures, and Westerns, for which he bec ...
, and was his last major film. It co-stars
Robert Fuller,
Patrick Wayne, and
Nika Mina.
Plot summary
The film, set in 1925 along the Montana-Canada border, is about a
rancher and former
rodeo
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star named Dan (
Joel McCrea
Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned a wide variety of genres over almost five decades, including comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, adventures, and Westerns, for which he bec ...
) and his
rottweiler
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Luke. While trying to capture an elusive
mustang
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nicknamed "Shoshone", Dan comes across a runaway boy from an
American Indian boarding school. A friendship soon grows and the two set out to catch the wild stallion together.
Cast
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Joel McCrea
Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned a wide variety of genres over almost five decades, including comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, adventures, and Westerns, for which he bec ...
: Dan
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Robert Fuller: Griff
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Patrick Wayne: Tee Jay
*Nika Mina: Nika. There is no record of this indigenous American young actor making further movies.
Awards
In 1976, the film won a
Western Heritage Trustees Award for outstanding family entertainment in a western motion picture.
See also
*
List of films about horses
Movies about horses constitute a popular film genre. Some examples include:
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* ''8 Seconds'' (1994)
* ''50 to 1'' (2014)
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* ''Above the Limit'' (1900)
* ''Aces of the Turf'' (1932)
* ''A Day at the Races (film), A Day at the Races'' (193 ...
References
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1976 Western (genre) films
1976 films
Films about horses
American Western (genre) films
Films scored by Lee Holdridge
Contemporary Western films
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1970s English-language films
1970s American films
English-language Western (genre) films
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