Snowfire (1958)

Snowfire (1958)"White like the fallen snow, fire was his spirit, man was his foe" declares the omnipresent title song of this fondly remembered family favorite. Everyone wants to corral the majestic, free roaming stallion called Snowfire but the awesome animal takes a fancy only to 11 year old Molly McGowan. Molly is determined to protect Snowfire from those who want to capture him, like her stalwart father (Don Megowan), a rival ranch owner (Claire Kelly) and her

Director John Huston

Chased across Greece by ruthless Gestapo chief Konrad Heisler (Stanley Baker)

including The Caped Crusader

they encounter the skin-changer Beorn and giant spiders in the treacherous forest

Roscoe is ready to deliver the badly needed cloudburst Lima Junction needs while Billy is ready to romance banker's daughter Margie (Dorothy Lee)

On screen it's polished diamond hard by trenchant performances

Sam Levene as his loyal friend and Inger Stevens as a lonely widow reawakened to life's potential - helps make Matsukos' world as real as your own neighborhood

Director Robert Aldrich's (The Dirty Dozen

Cohan adapted the best-seller for Broadway (and its inaugural silent adaptation)

and Judy Garland spoofs snobbery

no more shakedowns

There you'll also feel the burn of a consummate actor igniting genre material into flaming-good entertainment