Adventures of Gallant Bess

Adventures of Gallant Bess
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLew Landers[1]
Written byMatthew Rapf (screenplay)
Produced byJerry Briskin (producer)
Matthew Rapf (producer)
StarringCameron Mitchell
Audrey Long
Fuzzy Knight
James Millican
John Harmon
CinematographyWilliam Bradford
Edited byHarry Komer
Music byIrving Gertz
Production
company
Crestview Productions
Distributed byEagle-Lion Films[2]
Release date
  • 1948 (1948)
Running time
73 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Adventures of Gallant Bess is a 1948 American contemporary western film directed by Lew Landers and starring Cameron Mitchell, Audrey Long, Fuzzy Knight, James Millican, and John Harmon. It was filmed in Cinecolor. It has no connection to the 1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Gallant Bess,[3] though publicity stated that "Bess the Wonder Horse" from the earlier film was also in this film.[4]

Plot summary

Drifting and down on his luck cowboy Ted Daniels captures a beautiful wild horse, names her Bess and teaches her a variety of tricks. Ted loses his ranch hand job from spending so much time with Bess. Ted thinks his luck will change by winning a large prize in a local rodeo, but the unscrupulous carnival owner, who wants Bess to appear in his show, has one of his stooges cover the horns of the steer Ted is to bulldog{wrestle] with slippery oil breaking Ted's leg in the process. Ted is laid up, and Bess comes to look for Ted. She causes damage, to a man's car when someone tries to catch her.

Having no money, Ted is forced to let Bess get sold at auction to pay for the damages. The traveling carnival owner has bought her and she is mistreated and forced into performing in the show. As Ted recovers he must decide whether to find a way to get his horse back or settle down with the doctor's daughter, who is nursing him back to health.[5] He chooses to reunite with Bess.

Cast

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References

  1. ^ a b Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's TV movies and Video Guide, 1991 Edition, page 9, Plume, 1990
  2. ^ a b B’llyn Strand Shows Latest 'Gallant Bess', Daily News, October 23, 1948, page 322
  3. ^ Staci Layne Wilson, Animal Movies Guide, page 297, Running Free Press, 2007
  4. ^ Amusements, Record-Journal, October 23, 1948, page 7
  5. ^ TCM film overview
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