Directed by Peter Edwards Written by Paul Matthews | Produced by Peter Edwards Cinematography Peter Thornton | |
Starring Daniel J. Travanti
Lynette Davies
Siân MacLean Music by Larry Brown
Richard Glasser | ||
The Winter Stallion is a 1992 British television Technicolor film directed by Peter Edwards and starring Daniel J. Travanti; it is also known as The Christmas Stallion. A Welsh language version titled Eira Cynta'r Gaeaf was filmed back-to-back and broadcast on S4C, which produced the film.
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Plot
Dai Davies (Eric Wyn) is a Welshman running a cash-strapped farm in modern Wales and raising his orphaned granddaughter Gwen (Sian MacLean) with the help of her godmother Nerys (Lynette Davies). When he dies unexpectedly, he leaves Gwen's guardianship to his estranged son Alan (Daniel J. Travanti), who has returned to Wales accompanied by his stepson Cliff Dean (Patrick Loomer). Alan's return pits himself against land developer Howard (Dafydd Hywel) and Cliff against Gwen's would-be suitor Gwilyn (Richard Lynch). As Alan and Gwen try to connect in the background of readying the farm's prize stallion Mabon for a race that could save the farm, Howard resorts to dirty tricks to try and force through the farm's sale.