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.
Directing | Carroll Ballard | Director |
Writing | Melissa Mathison | Screenplay |
Writing | Jeanne Rosenberg | Screenplay |
Writing | William D. Wittliff | Screenplay |
Writing | Walter Farley | Novel |
Production | Francis Ford Coppola | Executive Producer |
Production | Fred Roos | Producer |
Production | Tom Sternberg | Producer |
Sound | Carmine Coppola | Music |
Camera | Caleb Deschanel | Director of Photography |
Editing | Robert Dalva | Editor |
Art | Aurelio Crugnola | Art Direction |
Art | Earl G. Preston | Art Direction |
Writing | Walter Murch | Screenplay |
Sound | Alan Splet | Supervising Sound Editor |