Old Gringo (1989)

Because of the 1913 setting and locale there is considerable animal action with cattle, pigs, chickens and horses. For the battle scenes, trained falling horses were brought into Mexico from The States and American Humane was there for most of the scenes involving horses. However, there’s an important scene involving the shooting of General Arroyo’s horse that was filmed during the transition in AHA’s Los Angeles office. Because no humane representative was present we spoke with Gregory Peck who was present during the entire filming of this scene and Mr. Peck described in great detail how the shocking effect was achieved, and he assured us that the horse, Twister, was not harmed. In addition to Mr. Peck’s assurance, AHA went to the California ranch where Twister is kept so that we could observe him recreate his specialty fall. Twister performed beautifully and is in excellent condition.