Snowfire (1958)

****SPOILERS**** The movie or horse "Snowfire" may have obviously inspired the TV series "MR. ED" about a horse that talked but only to his master not anyone else like the all white stallion Snowfire did to little Molly McGowan whom later in the movie he was falsely accused of almost trampling her to death. It was Snowfire's misfortune to be so wild and unconquerable that everyone in the movie was out to capture and brand the all white stallion until Molly's dad Mike played by Big Dan McGowan, who played- he was the only actor big enough to pay him- the famous "Gil-Man" in the movie "The Creature Walks Among Us", roped and finally tamed but not branded him.This started a rivalry between Mike and his fellow rancher Carol Hampton in who really owns Snowfire that in the end leads to one of her ranch hands the not that all on the ball and mindless Buff Stoner to try to steal the horse from Big Mike's stable. It was "Brainless Buff" and a couple of his pals who without Carol's knowledge that after Snowfire escapes from Mike's ranch that tried to set the entire valley on fire, without any consideration to the wildlife in it. That in Buff's crazy plan to smoke out Snowfire that Mike, risking his life & limb, prevents from happening.****SPOILERS" Molly who recovers from her coma tells her dad that Snowfire telepathically communicated to her, while she was still in a coma, that he's coming back to visit her who then immediately orders his top ranch hand Poco to shoot the horse as soon as he arrives, in that he tried to kill his daughter, only to have Poco screw up by missing, obviously on purpose, the horse by a country mile. That after Molly explained to her by then totally confused dad that she fell off a rock and knocked herself out not that Snowfire did that to her.The film ended happily for everyone, man woman and animal alike, in it but unfortunately for little Molly McGowan real life wasn't that kind to her. Molly passed away in 1965 just before her 19th birthday from the ravages of Hodgkin's disease.

This was a very good family movie. A bit of trivia would be that it was directed by brothers, Dorrel and Stuart McGowan and Melody and Molly Megowan were sisters and the daughters of Dorrell Magowen. The hero, Don Megowan was a very talented supporting actor and I always enjoyed his performances. He co-starred in the television series "The Beachcomber" and was a guest star in just about every western on television in the 50's and 60's. The was the star of Sam Katzman's "The Werewolf" and the incredible odd "Creation of the Humanoids". At his restaurant, Megowan's Clubhouse, located in North Hollywood, you could always meet a western TV actor. John Cason was also featured in "Snowfire" as the heavy, which he usually played. He was a WWII Marine vet and appeared in an astounding number of television and movie westerns. John's untimely death in 1961, at the age of 46, was a result of an automobile accident in which his friend accidentally drove off of the road while they were on their way to do some raccoon hunting.

this was one of my favorite movies back in the 60's. I remember my sister and I would check the TV guide every time it got delivered to see if Snowfire was on. I have seen it so many times but it's been so long, I don't remember the entire story line other than the young girl, Molly, understood the horse that everyone thought was wild/killer. The first time I saw it, I thought it was a great storyline of the friendship between horse and girl. How I longed to be her. What a beautiful horse he was. I am not sure if the movie has been on however when we watched it, it was back in the 60's. We always wondered whatever happened to the cast/movie.

i too have been looking for this movie for years i know wgn is the only one that has this movie in their vault because My brother in-law use to work for wgn when i asked him if he could get me a copy unfortunately it was already put away. i still have a family member that works at wgn i am going to try again and see if they know what we can do to bring this movie back into circulation . funny i've been thinking about this movie for the last 15 years and can't get it out of my mind. and now that i have a granddaughter that loves horses i sure wish she could see this movie no other horse movie compares to snowfire. good luck to all i'm still searching