| Six Black Horses | |
| Director: | Harry Keller |
| Producer: | Gordon Kay |
| Starring: | Audie Murphy Dan Duryea Joan O'Brien |
| Cinematography: | Maury Gertsman |
| Editing: | Aaron Stell |
| Color Process: | Eastmancolor |
| Studio: | Universal Pictures |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Runtime: | 80 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $500,000[1] |
Six Black Horses is a 1962 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea and Joan O'Brien.[2]
Ben Lane (Audie Murphy) is breaking a horse in the desert that he believes to be stray. He is caught by some ranchers who treat him as a horse thief when he is saved by Frank Jesse (Dan Duryea). Lane and Jesse are hired by Kelly (Joan O'Brien), who offers to pay them $1,000 each to take her to a town to be with her husband. In reality, she is setting up Jesse because he killed her husband in a shootout. A unique part of the film is that Lane rescues a collie dog that goes with him everywhere, including riding the pack horse.
Universal hired Burt Kennedy to write an original film script. Kennedy said he wrote it with Richard Widmark in mind.[3]
Parts of the film were shot at Snow Canyon and Leeds in Utah.[4]