Smoky (1946 film)
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Running time 1h 27m Genres Drama, Family film Language English | 7/10 Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1946 Writer Lillie Hayward (screenplay), Dwight Cummins (screenplay), Dorothy Yost (screenplay), Will James (based on the novel by) Cast (Clint Barkley), (Julie Richards), (Frank Denton), (Mrs. 'Gram' Richards), (Jeff Nix), J. Farrell MacDonald (Jim, the Cook)Similar movies The Maze Runner , Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials , The Martian , Gone Girl , A Walk Among the Tombstones , Jack Reacher |
Smoky is a 1946 film based on a novel by Will James. It stars Fred MacMurray and Anne Baxter.
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Smoky 1946
Plot

A cowboy riding alone in Utah witnesses a stampede of wild stallions, one of whom particularly catches his eye. He returns the horse to its rightful owner, Julie Richards, owner of the Rocking R Ranch, introducing himself as Clint Barkley and asking for a job.

The wild horse, Smoky, slowly develops a relationship with Clint, but ranch foreman Jeff doesn't trust the new hired hand, who is vague and mysterious about his past. A stranger arrives named Frank and persuades a reluctant Clint to vouch for him to be hired as a wrangler.

It turns out Clint took the blame for a crime Frank committed and served eight months behind bars. Frank begins causing trouble at the ranch, mistreating Smoky and the other horses. A gambler turns up, seeking Clint's payment for a $200 debt, discovering that Frank actually lost the money and forged Clint's name on the IOU.

Frank rustles the horses and rides off. Jeff remains suspicious until Clint finally reveals that Frank is his brother. Smoky, abused again, fights off Frank and ends up killing him. Other cowboys discover the horse and sell him to a rodeo in Cheyenne. The horse's condition deteriorates and he ends up pulling a junk cart. One day Clint rides into town and Smoky recognizes him. They are reunited, and return to Julie and the ranch.
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Production

Parts of the film were shot in Utah: Zion National Park, Kanab Race Track, Cave Lakes, Aspen Mirror Lake, the Gap, Rockville Road, Kanab Canyon, Ogden, and Cedar Breaks. Fredonia, Arizona, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Burbank and Saugus, California were also filming locations.
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