Who Was the Fabulous Black Horse?


Does anyone know who was Ustinov's fabulous black Andalusian horse that did the scenes with the metal leg? What a beauty, and what a great trick!

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Hmmm, judging from your familiar comments about Feldman and the way you've phrased the question, one might wonder if you were fishing for a compliment...

Nevertheless, watching Geste for the first time in almost thirty years, three thoughts come to mind:

--The script really was as good as I remembered it to be.

--Peter Ustinov has been very much overlooked as a comic actor.

--Holy hackamore, how did they get that horse to walk with that stunt leg? Being ridden no less.

I'm no great aficionado of equestrian stunt work, but I've never known a horse that would tolerate being so encumbered.

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