While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.

Kelly Reno
as Alec Ramsey

Mickey Rooney
as Henry Dailey

Teri Garr
as Alec's Mother

Clarence Muse
as Snoe

Hoyt Axton
as Alec's Father

Michael Higgins
as Neville

Ed McNamara
as Jake

Doghmi Larbi
as Arab

Cass-Olé
as The Black Stallion

John Burton
as Jockey #1
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_**Aesthetically pleasing, but dramatically dull**_ A boy befriends a fiery Arabian stallion in the Mediterranean in 1946 and ends up hooking up with an ex-horse racing trainer (Mickey Rooney) back home in the northeast USA. Teri Garr plays the mother. "The Black Stallion" (1979) starts out...