The movie was based on a book of four interrelated stories by John Steinbeck, who also wrote its screenplay. Steinbeck also wrote the screenplay for this film. The Red Pony, film score and suite for orchestra by American composer Aaron Copland for the Lewis Milestone film of the same name. The Red Pony is a 1949 American rural drama film based on John Steinbeck's 1937 novella of the same name. With Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern, Shepperd Strudwick. The Red Pony is an episodic novella written by American writer John Steinbeck in 1933.The first three chapters were published in magazines from 1933 to 1936. A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results. The Red Pony (1949) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Directed by Lewis Milestone. The film's coming-of-age theme cluminates in a poignant denouement. The red pony is the issue of a prize mare owned by ranchhand Billy Buck (Mitchum), whom Tom idolizes. The full book was published in 1937 by Covici Friede. The Red Pony is a 1973 American made-for-television drama western film directed and co-written by Robert Totten, based on the novel The Red Pony by John Steinbeck. The film features Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson and Jack Elam. The stories in the book are tales of a boy named Jody Tiflin. (The …