David Rook adapted his own novel 'The White Colt'. Not sure why American Richard Sarafian directed it. Not sure I would have shown the hooded death character - it seems to jar amidst the reality of the countryside, which is otherwise satisfyingly tough and gloomy - note the Hunt as force of destruction. Mark Lester, John Mills surefooted as ever, Gordon Jackson, Sylvia Syms, Bernard Miles, Fiona Fullerton.
I remember as a kid being impressed with the way Wilkie Cooper shoots those scenes of mist and mud. The score by David Whitaker is generally OK; Geoffrey Foot edited.
A suspenseful ending. Liked Johnny's distinctive bright red car, too.
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