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Gallant Bess

  • Drama
  • War

December 5, 1946 (US)

1h 40m

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

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.)

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