Six Black Horses is a 1962 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea and Joan O'Brien.
Plot
Ben Lane (Audie Murphy) is breaking a horse in the desert that he believes to be stray. He is caught by some ranchers who treat him as a horse thief when he is saved by Frank Jesse (Dan Duryea). Lane and Jesse are hired by Kelly (Joan O'Brien), who offers to pay them $1,000 each to take her to a town to be with her husband. In reality, she is setting up Jesse because he killed her husband in a shootout. A unique part of the film is that Lane rescues a collie dog that goes with him everywhere, including riding the pack horse.
Cast
Audie Murphy as Ben Lane
Dan Duryea as Frank Jesse
Joan O'Brien as Kelly
George Wallace as Will Boone
Roy Barcroft as Mustanger
Bob Steele as Puncher
Henry Wills as Indian leader
Phil Chambers as Undertaker
Charlita as Mexican dancer (as Charlita Regis) Dale Van Sickel as Man
Production
Universal hired Burt Kennedy to write an original film script. Kennedy said he wrote it with Richard Widmark in mind.
Parts of the film were shot at Snow Canyon and Leeds in Utah.
Comic book adaption
Dell Movie Classic: Six Black Horses (January 1963)