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Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

I had just finished watching our annual national horse race the Melbourne Cup,(an equivalent to the Kentucky Derby over here), and after losing my bets, decided to switch to another channel on my pay TV for some alternative form of entertainment.By coincidence I got another horse drama, a film - Gallant Bess - a bond of loving friendship between a WW11 soldier and a mare,who both saved one another at respective intervals during the Pacific conflict.Although nearly towards the end when I signed in, I got enough interest to watch it again in the evening full time,and recorded it.For any animal lover like myself I found this tale to be one of a great personal relationship, between a young man having lost his original horse, Bess, on the home farm and then in forthcoming events enlists in the Marines to serve his Country.On an island in the Pacific he discovers a wounded horse,(calls it Bess),and nurses it back to good health, and is rewarded when that horse comes to his own rescue after a skirmish with the Japanese.Being shipped out later back home without his pet,in an outstanding finale, Bess breaks her tie rope and swims out to the departing vessel and is eventually taken on board by the crew and goes home to the farm for a happy ending.I would recommend this film to the young children of today to emphasize the importance of how we need more companion animals like this one featured, who seem to prove more worthy in life than that of our own kind in our present society.

I too was a horse crazy little girl when I saw the movie, Gallant Bess. I have never forgotten that movie and have looked and looked for years to get a copy. Of all the animal movies I have watched and I either own or have seen almost all of them that have come out over the years, including TV series animal shows, this movie made one of the deepest impressions on me. I am so happy to know who now owns the rights to it and that it has been aired in more recent years. I own and show many, many dogs and have had horses up to about two years ago (I am now 68), but this movie has stayed with me all my life. I will continue to pursue the purchase of it somehow, someway. Most of all, I am thrilled to find out that the horse and the story are true. That makes it even more endearing. Maybe if enough of us hound Turner Classic Movies, they will at least air it again so we can tape it or buy it someday.

Some people are unsure if Gallant Bess is based on a true story or not.It is. Sort of.The second half of the movie, when Tex rescues a horse during the war, was based on my grandfather's rescue of Bess while on the Solomon Islands during WWII.Bess starred as herself in the movie, ie, the horse that was really rescued was the horse in the movie.Search Wikipedia.org for "Gallant Bess" for the article I am writing regarding the true story.Glad to see people out there still enjoy this movie! I tease my dad, who's father was Bess' master ("Tex" in the movie) and who rode Bess all the time as a kid, about having cried when he saw the movie for the first time as a kid.

This is one of two war movie ( The other was Sargent York)that I remember enjoying as a youth. I love movies with horses. Other movies I enjoyed are My Friend Flicka, Thunderhead(Son of Flicka) and Tonka(Disney movie). There was plenty of action in the film and a lot of sentiment. It has been a long time since I saw this movie. However, I liked it so much, I can close my eyes and mental see the story. I have been searching for a copy of this movie for several years.