Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Sonora Webster lives with her sister and abusive aunt during the Great Depression. She learns that because of her accidentally letting the cows loose and her suspension from school, her treasured horse Lightning has been sold and she will be placed in an orphanage. Instead, Sonora slips out of the house during the night. She ends up at a county fair and sees a performance by Marie, a diving girl who rides a horse off a platform, and aspires to do the same. Doc Carver, Marie's employer, tells her she is too young but gives Sonora a job as a stable hand due to her ability with horses, and she begins traveling with them. Doc's son Al wins a wild horse in a card game and Sonora names him Lightning. She later surprises Doc by taming and riding Lightning, so he promises to train her as a diving girl if she can mount it while it's moving, which she succeeds after multiple attempts.

MPAA Rating:G
Genre:Drama, Family, Romance
Country:United States
Produced By:Matt Williams, Oley Sassone, Robin S. Clark, Sarah Brock
Directed By:Steve Miner
Written By:Matt Williams, Oley Sassone
Cast:Frank Renzulli, David Massry, Haley Aull, Lisa Norman, Cliff Robertson, Cheri Brown, Nancy Moore Atchison, Lorianne Collins, Gabrielle Anwar, Ed Grady, Kathleen York, David Dwyer, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Katy Matson, Don Young, Christopher Jones, Gene Walker, Michael Schoeffling, Wendy Ball, Elizabeth Hayes, Michael J. Matusiak, Laura Lee Norton, Dylan Kussman, Jeff Woodward, Rick Warner
In Theaters:May 24, 1991
Runtime:1 hour 28 minutes
Production:Walt Disney Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV, Pegasus Entertainment
Box Office:$7,294,835
Available On:Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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