Gallant Bess

Dec 5, 1946

1h 40m

★ 6.5

See Bess do stunts you never saw a horse do before.

Overview

Marshall Thompson stars in this MGM drama about a young soldier's devotion to a horse he rescues during WWII. (Not to be confused with "Adventures of Gallant Bess", another film released two years later.)

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Gallant Bess Trailers

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Cast

Tex Barton

Marshall Thompson

Lug Johnson

George Tobias

Smitty

Clem Bevans

Chief Petty Officer

Chill Wills

Lt. Bridgeman

Donald Curtis

Johnny

Murray Alper

Mike

Wally Cassell

Harry

Jim Davis

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