A young farm boy who struggles with his father gets attached to a red pony. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck.  Starring Henry Fonda, Maureen O’Hara, and Ben Johnson.

I think this is a fine representation of Steinbeck’s novel. The acting is brilliant with Fonda as the father and O’Hara as the mother. The other actor, a young Clint Howard, is brilliant as the boy who struggles in his relationship with his father. The acting is great, but the film, overall, is not so brilliant. The story just doesn’t give me the feels toward the boy’s plight, but it does create some emotion around the misunderstanding between the boy and his father. It’s also emotional when it comes to the loss of the pony. Although, the final scene of the boy and the father fighting over the work horse and foul just made me angry rather than upset. Of course, with us living in the twenty-first century and knowing there are better options, it just doesn’t create the right feelings. This film is not worth the watch.