Classic Film Friday: Thunderhead - Son of Flicka

This 1945 Classic is one for the whole family. It is about a boy and his horse. How could you not like that? Ken McLaughlin (Roddy McDowall) is a boy on a ranch and he wants to race horses, so much so that he takes his mare to a neighbor's ranch to get her knocked up as it were. The problem is, the baby is white, the mother is brown, and the father is black.... huh?

So already there is a question of "who the baby's daddy?". It turns out that there is an albino horse that has been giving all the area ranchers fits in that he "steals" the mares and makes them his own. The ranchers can't seem to catch him, so they've resolved to shoot him. Well, of course this is the real father, implied, never actually proven.

Will Goblin, (Thunderhead) become a race horse, or does the Albino have more of a role to play in his future? You'll have to watch and see for yourself, and you can see the whole movie on YouTube if you like. :o)