The Red Pony 1949
Directed by Lewis Milestone | Starring: Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hamilton
Peter Miles stars as Tom Tiflin, the little boy at the heart of this John Steinbeck story set in Salinas Valley. With his incompatible parents -- the city-loving Fred and country-happy Alice -- constantly bickering, Tom looks to cowboy Billy Buck for companionship and paternal love.