THE LITTLEST OUTLAW
(Walt Disney-R.K.O. Radio) G Cert. T isn’t easy for a grown-up to distinguish between films that children like and those he thinks they should like, but I have the assurance of several young nieces and nephews who saw The Littlest Outlaw (director Roberto Gavaldon) that they enjoyed it immensely. It’s not just a children’s picture, either-I think most adults will like it, too. The formula is safe: a small boy hero risking everything to save the life of an animal-this time a horse which the boy’s master, a Mexican general, has decided must be destroyed. The boy flees with it, the film follows his adventures.
Andres Velasquez is a very beautiful child, Mexico (where the film was shot) is a beautiful country, the Mexicans are a picturésque people, with picturesque customs. After a vigorous start the film is tempted by all this and at times its charm is rather self-conscious. In fact, I was afraid here and there that it was going to end up with not much more than charm, If you should feel that way about it, sit tight, for the best is yet to be. I don’t think I’m revealing any secrets when I say that the horse escapes, and the chase that follows and the climax, all of it involved with a bull fight, is as exciting as it could be, and a fine example of what a film-maker can do with a pair of scissors. As tender-hearted as the next man, I came away swallowing hard. The Littlest Outlaw screened in Wellington with Prowlers of the Everglades, another enjoyable Disney True Life Adventure with the accent on alligators.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 893, 14 September 1956, Page 17
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276THE LITTLEST OUTLAW New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 893, 14 September 1956, Page 17
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