Wordiezett So much average

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

cis_40 I loved this movie... saw it as a kid in the theater... always watched it on television over the years... but haven't seen it for years... I always cried... at the age of 71, I still remember the powerful story... Even better than National Velvet. Was the first war movie that I can remember seeing. I think I was about 9 when I saw it the first time at the theater. Any horse lover would never forget it.. I will have to see if Netflix has it.. I remember my scariest part was when Bess got bogged down in the mud and they were trying to get her out... because I was so young, the war part scared me.. but I truly loved the horse.

grafspee I had just finished watching our annual national horse race the Melbourne Cup,(an equivalent to the Kentucky Derby over here), and after losing my bets, decided to switch to another channel on my pay TV for some alternative form of entertainment.By coincidence I got another horse drama, a film - Gallant Bess - a bond of loving friendship between a WW11 soldier and a mare,who both saved one another at respective intervals during the Pacific conflict.Although nearly towards the end when I signed in, I got enough interest to watch it again in the evening full time,and recorded it.For any animal lover like myself I found this tale to be one of a great personal relationship, between a young man having lost his original horse, Bess, on the home farm and then in forthcoming events enlists in the Marines to serve his Country.On an island in the Pacific he discovers a wounded horse,(calls it Bess),and nurses it back to good health, and is rewarded when that horse comes to his own rescue after a skirmish with the Japanese.Being shipped out later back home without his pet,in an outstanding finale, Bess breaks her tie rope and swims out to the departing vessel and is eventually taken on board by the crew and goes home to the farm for a happy ending.I would recommend this film to the young children of today to emphasize the importance of how we need more companion animals like this one featured, who seem to prove more worthy in life than that of our own kind in our present society.

sashamarie I saw this movie as a young horse crazy girl. It was a tear jerker and heart warmer. A beautiful story of friendship and the loyalty of a magnificent animal and the hardships of war. I get teary eyed just thinking about the story. I hope that someday it will be available on video or DVD. I would love for my son to be able to see it. If you are lucky enough to see it, it is well worth the tissues.

skippylc With Memorial Day weekend gone by again, I have once again tried to find this movie. If anyone reads this please let Turner Classic Movies know by writing or logging onto their site that we would like to see this movie or at least like to have it released on video for our kids to see. I heard that TCM has the title rights. This is a great story and I am sure if anyone would show it, more people would remember it and want it played for our kids and Veterans alike. And if anyone has a copy, let me know. Thanks