The Littlest Horse Thieves

Escape from the Dark
(The Littlest Horse Thieves)
UK quad poster
Directed byCharles Jarrott
Written byRosemary Anne Sisson
Story byBurt Kennedy
Rosemary Anne Sisson
Produced byRon Miller
StarringAlastair Sim
Peter Barkworth
Maurice Colbourne
Susan Tebbs
Andrew Harrison
Chloe Franks
CinematographyPaul Beeson
Edited byRichard Marden
Music byRon Goodwin
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Distribution
Release dates
  • 26 May 1976 (1976-05-26) (UK)
  • 11 March 1977 (1977-03-11) (US)
Running time
104 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

The Littlest Horse Thieves (British title: Escape from the Dark) is a 1976 family drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released on 11 March 1977 in the United States and on 26 May 1976 in the United Kingdom under the title Escape from the Dark.[1][2]It was first released on a double bill with The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Plot

Set in 1909 in Yorkshire, England, a coal mine has long relied on pit ponies to transport coal. When the mine introduces machinery to increase production and profitability, the ponies are deemed obsolete and slated for slaughter. Upon learning of this, three children devise a plan to rescue the ponies and release them.

Production

The film was based on a script by Burt Kennedy who had read an article about pit ponies in London. He wrote up a script and sold it to Ron Miller at Disney. Kennedy was a writer director but Miller felt he was better suited to Westerns and the film was given to another writer and director with whom Disney had deals. Kennedy called the movie " pretty good—not as good as it should have been, but it's pretty good."[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976) – Charles Jarrott | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  2. ↑ "The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976) – IMDb". IMDb.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, Burt (1997). Hollywood trail boss : behind the scenes of the wild, wild western. Boulevard Books. p. 69.
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