Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion is a made-for-TV movie starring Leif Garrett, Milo O'Shea, Bibi Besch, John Quade, and Ann Doran which aired November 6, 1977, on NBC. Brad Rearden, Mitchell Ryan, John Anderson, Charles Tyner, Ned Romero, Jimmy Lydon, Phil Mead, Bill Hicks, and Robert Tzudiker have supporting roles.
The film is based on the novel San Domingo, The Medicine Hat Stallion by Newbery Medal award winner Marguerite Henry. The film was developed and produced by Ed Friendly and directed by Michael O'Herlihy from a teleplay by Jack Turley. In 1978 Peter Lundy was awarded the Bronze Wrangler for Outstanding Western Fictional Television Program by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Peter Lundy (Leif Garrett) is a 15-year-old boy growing up in pre-Civil War Nebraska Territory with his father Jethro (Mitchell Ryan), mother Emily (Bibi Besch), and Grandma Lundy (Ann Doran). Peter resents the tyrannical way his father treats him and hates the bleak life at their prairie trading post. He raises a foal that was left at the trading post as a payment until it becomes old enough to ride. Peter and his horse then win a job with the Pony Express to carry correspondence and messages between the East and West coasts. It is a rough, hard, and dangerous job but Peter learns what he is made of and earns the respect of his father.
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion was filmed in New Mexico.
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion tied for 442nd with the deciding sixth game of the NBA Finals.
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