The Winter Stallion

The Winter Stallion
Also known as	The Christmas Stallion
Written by	Paul Matthews
Directed by	Peter Edwards
Starring	Daniel J. Travanti Lynette Davies Siân MacLean
Music by	Larry Brown Richard Glasser
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Peter Edwards
Cinematography	Peter Thornton
Editor	Keith Palmer
Running time	95 min.
Budget	£1 million[1]
Original release
Release	1992 (1992)

The Winter Stallion, also known as The Christmas Stallion, is a 1992 British television Technicolor film directed by Peter Edwards and starring Daniel J. Travanti. A Welsh language version titled Eira Cynta'r Gaeaf was filmed back-to-back and broadcast on S4C, which produced the film.^[2][3]

Plot

Dai Davies (Eric Wyn) is a Welshman running a cash-strapped farm in modern Wales and raising his orphaned granddaughter Gwen (Sian MacLean) with the help of her godmother Nerys (Lynette Davies). When he dies unexpectedly, he leaves Gwen's guardianship to his estranged son Alan (Daniel J. Travanti), who has returned to Wales accompanied by his stepson Cliff Dean (Patrick Loomer). Alan's return pits himself against land developer Howard (Dafydd Hywel) and Cliff against Gwen's would-be suitor Gwilyn (Richard Lynch). As Alan and Gwen try to connect in the background of readying the farm's prize stallion Mabon for a race that could save the farm, Howard resorts to dirty tricks to try and force through the farm's sale.

Cast

• Daniel J. Travanti as Alan
• Lynette Davies as Nerys
• Siân MacLean as Gwen
• Patrick Loomer as Cliff
• Eric Wyn as Dal
• Meredith Edwards as Sam
• Richard Lynch as Gwilyn
• Dafydd Hywel as Howard
• Gillian Elisa as Mrs. Howard
• Brinley Jenkins as Mr. Jones
• Menna Trussler as Mrs. Jones
• Geoffrey Morgan as Jack
• Huw Emlyn as Blacksmith
• William Vaughan as Councillor

See also

• List of Christmas films
• List of films about horses

References

1. Whittaker, Martin (19 January 1995). "It's all down to Matthews family values". independent.co.uk. The Independent. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
2. "The Christmas Stallion (1992)". BFI. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
3. Johnston, Sheila (10 December 1992). "Mouth to mouth resuscitation". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

External links

• The Winter Stallion at IMDb
• The Winter Stallion at the TCM Movie Database