A film starring Elizabeth Taylor when she was just 12 years old. Based in England this film is about a girl who has a love for horses and through chance wins a horse who has the potential of winning the Grand National. Mickey Rooney plays a former jockey who helps her train the horse, that's right the now 90 year old Rooney can be seen in this film at the age of 24!This film was selected as a top 10 American Sports film by the American Film Institute and the part that made me really enjoy this film was the mother. Played by Anne Revere, who was in A Place in the Sun in 1951 but I don't remember her from that film. She is a former swimmer, the first lady to swim across the English Channel, and her support for her daughter is touching. But the thing that really got me was the speech when she told her to shoot for her dreams, a part about recognizing when your time for greatness has come, and also understanding when it is over and time to move on. Moving on can be hard and is something a lot of people, including myself, have trouble doing.
Not a bad film, the banter around the dinner table with the family dog reminded me this is still a kids movie. Another not-in-America-but-still-an-American-Film entry on the AFI list, which I'm not a fan of. Good nonetheless.
Vote: 7/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037120/
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