Will James

Un expresidiario tiene que hacerse cargo de la hija de un amigo que ha sido asesinado. Además de convertirse en padre adoptivo de la niña, intentará vengar la muerte de su amigo.

Un vaquero encuentra y captura un hermoso caballo salvaje. Lo doma pacientemente y entre ellos se establece un vinculo casi indestructible. El hermano del vaquero trata de vender el animal para pagar sus deudas, pero el caballo lo mata accidentalmente. Cuando el vaquero se alista en el ejército, el caballo va a parar al circuito de rodeos. Cumplido el servicio militar, el vaquero intentará recuperar su caballo. (FILMAFFINITY)

Novelist Will James, a specialist in horse stories, wrote the yarn upon which 20th Century-Fox's Sand was based. Mark Stevens plays horse breeder Jeff Keane, who loses his prize stallion in a train accident. While the stallion roams wild and free, Keane enlists the aid of rancher Joan Hartley (Coleen Gray) in searching for the animal. Once the horse is located, it is clear that it has developed a mean streak, the result of various cruelties inflicted upon it by humans. Jeff and Joan combine their efforts to regain the horse's friendship. Veteran Native American actors Iron Eyes Cody and Jay Silverheels make significant supporting appearances. Sand was attractively filmed in Technicolor on location in Colorado.

Smoky era un hermoso caballo salvaje antes de ser capturado y domado con todo cariño con la idea de hacerlo participar en importantes carreras. Cuando roban al animal, su dueño se lanza en su búsqueda, pero lo encuentra en unas condiciones tan lastimosas que lo hacen poco apto para la competición.

Rodeo star forms a strong bond with the noble horse he took from the wilds and trained. Unfortunately, they end up on different life paths and are separated. When at last they are reunited, the cowboy is appalled to discover that Smoky has become a broken down cart horse with an appointment at the local abattoir. Fortunately the cowboy intervenes and saves the horse from death

Rodeo star forms a strong bond with the noble horse he took from the wilds and trained. Unfortunately, they end up on different life paths and are separated. When at last they are reunited, the cowboy is appalled to discover that Smoky has become a broken down cart horse with an appointment at the local abattoir. Fortunately the cowboy intervenes and saves the horse from death

Adaptación de la novela de Will James, publicada tres años antes, sobre la relación que se establece entre un pistolero y un niño a lo largo de un viaje.