The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

Advertising executive Fred Bolton (Dean Jones) is under pressure from his boss Tom Dugan (Fred Clark) to come up with a new ad campaign for a wealthy client. Fred's daughter Helen (Ellen Janov) loves to ride horses, so her father buys her one to tie the equine into the profitable advertisement. ...more

Amiable (if occasionally aimless), The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit is a typical 1960s Disney live-action effort, and those who enjoy such similar fare as The Ugly Dachshund or $1,000,000 Duck will embrace this wholeheartedly. Those who want a little meat on the bones of their movies will probably tune out before the end of this Horse race, but it's actually a perfectly fine little film. Yes, it's undeniably manipulative and the plot is made to order, but it's also effective, and the children ...more