''Phantom Stallion'' is a 1954 American

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

film directed by

Harry Keller Harry Keller (22 February 1913 – 19 January 1987) was an American film editor, producer and director, who made a number of westerns and worked for many years at Universal Pictures. In 1958, Keller was tasked by Universal Pictures with directing ...

and starring

Rex Allen Rex Elvie Allen (December 31, 1920 – December 17, 1999), known as "the Arizona Cowboy", was an American film and television actor, singer and songwriter; he was also the narrator of many Disney nature and Western productions. For his contribut ...

Carla Balenda Carla Balenda (born Sally Bliss, November 22, 1925) is an American former film and television actress. Early life She was born on November 22, 1925, in Carthage, New York, U.S. She attended high school in Baldwin, Long Island, and participated ...

and

Slim Pickens Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens transitioned to acting and appeared in dozens of movies and ...

.Pitts p.249 The film is credited as being the last

singing cowboy A singing cowboy was a subtype of the archetypal cowboy hero of early Western films. It references real-world campfire side ballads in the American frontier, the original cowboys sang of life on the trail with all the challenges, hardships, and d ...

Western. The film's

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was by Frank Arrigo.

Plot

Cast

as Rex Allen * Koko as Rex's Horse *

as Slim *

as Claire * Harry Shannon as Michael Reilly *

Don Haggerty Don Haggerty (July 3, 1914 – August 19, 1988) was an American actor of film and television. Early life and education Before he began appearing in films in 1947, Haggerty was a Brown University athlete and served in the United States Army f ...

as Foreman Gil *

Peter Price Peter or Pete Price may refer to: * Peter O. Price (born 1941), former journalist and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences *Peter Price (bishop) (born 1944), English bishop * Peter Price (politician) (born 1942), English polit ...

as Tony Reilly *

Rosa Turich Rosa Turich (born Rosa Sinohui, June 9, 1903 – November 20, 1998) was an American film and television actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditiona ...

as Lucretia *

Zon Murray Zon Murray (April 13, 1910 – February 2, 1979) was an American actor. Filmography He appeared in the films: ''The El Paso Kid'', ''Ghost of Hidden Valley'', '' Song of the Sierras'', '' Jack Armstrong'', ''Rainbow Over the Rockies'', '' West ...

as Henchman *

Charles La Torre Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...

as Escobar *

Rocky Shahan Rocky Shahan (March 4, 1919 – December 8, 1981) was an American actor and stuntman. He was a regular cast member of '' Rawhide''. In 1957, he had a rare integral & speaking part as Dodge’s stagecoach driver “Hank” in the ending of an epi ...

as Henchman

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.

External links

* 1954 films 1954 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Harry Keller Republic Pictures films Films about horses American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-Western-film-stub