Casey's Shadow

I even saw this in a drive-in theatre.

Those were the days, weren't they?

Thank you for releasing it digitally, so I could add it to my collection and watch it on my iPad.

I wouldn't want to lose this treasure.

Matthau plays a drunk and a bum (similar to the first Bad News Bears & unfunny). He is for himself always and the children will probably wake up to the facts and flee as soon as practicable.

Moreover, the sordid business of horse raising & racing - accurate or not - is completely unfit for children to watch & me too.

Really misrepresented I feel as a Boy & his Horse movie.

Walter Matthau can always improve a mediocre film, and this movie proves it. He turns in a very realistic performance as a small-time horse trainer and single father, not sugar-coating either role.

He can be, by turns, soft-hearted and doting, then iron-handed to his boys, and we can see the same dichotomy in his approach to horse training (we see that he doesn't want his young prospect racing horse overworked and hurt in small-time races, but he seems to be willing to risk the horse's life when he gets into the big time).

This is just one of Matthau's wonderful performances, and one that I highly recommend.

A good movie for horse enthusiasts and most others. It's a horse racing movie, and it's a "little man gets his chance" movie, and it's a "how far would you go?" movie. Walter Mattau once again proves his adaptability as an actor. He fits right in as Lloyd Bourdelle, a Louisiana Cajun horse bum. This movie gives you a rare screen glimpse of Lousiana Cajun horse drag racing. He has a young quarter horse who is a top racing prospect. "had nothing but a filling station and a good horse." The Bourdelles seize the opportunity to make it big by taking the horse, Shadow, to Ruidoso, New Mexico, to get ready to run in the All-American Futurity. But how far will Lloyd go to win the fame and fortune? Also memorable from this movie are scenes of Lloyd spitting tobacco juice and waiting for his truck to start.

Well made children's film about a young boy and the horse he hopes to make a champion. Matthau is here to guide us through the picture.