A Cowboy Needs a Horse

A Cowboy Needs a Horse is an animated Disney short that was originally released to theaters on November 6, 1956. It was directed by Bill Justice, written by Dick Kinney and Roy Williams, and animated by Cliff Nordberg, Al Coe, Jack Parr, and Fred Hellmich.
==Synopsis==
A young boy named Johnny dreams of life as a cowboy, mending fences, fighting off Indians, and "riding ... riding along." The story starts in a split level ranch house, ultra-modern, and then goes to a west that is likewise rendered in the most modernistic, flat-art style.
==Releases==
===Films===
*Donald Duck Goes West (1965)
===Television===
*Walt Disney Presents, episode #5.24: "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom"
*The New Mickey Mouse Club, April 19, 1978
*Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, episode #17
*Good Morning, Mickey, episode #64
*Donald's Quack Attack, episodes #84 and #90
*The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.33: "In the Nursery with the Silly Symphonies"
===Home video===
*Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Disney's Tall Tales (VHS)
*Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities (DVD)
==Gallery==
A cowboy needs a horse 4large.jpg
A cowboy needs a horse 5large.jpg
A cowboy needs a horse 6large.jpg
A cowboy needs a horse 7large.jpg
A cowboy needs a horse 8large.jpg
A cowboy needs a horse 9large.jpg
A cowboy needs a horse 10large.jpg
A cowboy needs a horse 11large.jpg
A cowboy needs a horse 12large.jpg
A cowboy needs a horse 13large.jpg
Tumblr mzoazkrNXs1qhcrb0o1 1280.jpg
1956-cheval-2.jpg
1956-cheval-3.jpg
1956-cheval-4.jpg
Tumblr miwo0qG2hH1qhcrb0o1 500.jpg
Robbery in A Cowboy Needs a Horse.jpg
==Trivia==
*On release, this short was paired with the True-Life Adventures film, Secrets of Life.
*A recycled version of Casey Jones's train from The Brave Engineer is featured. The animation of the advancing Indians is also reused from Californy 'er Bust.
*The engine on the train is an old 4-4-0 engine or an American type steam locomotive. These types of engines were used most common on American railroads, during the 1800s and 1830s until 1928.
*The horse licks the cowboy's face three times each in the cartoon.
*This song was released on the 1986 VHS of Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume Two, 1987 VHS of Disney Sing Along Songs: Heigh-Ho and the 2004 VHS and DVD of Disney Sing Along Songs: Little Patch of Heaven.
*The title card is similar to that of Jack and Old Mac, which was released earlier that year and also directed by Justice.
Category:Animated shorts
Category:1956 shorts
Category:Western Films