For his first above-the-title starring role after 11 years in supporting parts of all stripes, Anthony Quinn struck Black Gold with this low-budget-but-high-flying charmer based on the true story of a champion racehorse and its Native American owner Charlie Eagle(Quinn) has a big heart and big dreams of seeing his throughbred mare Black Hope mothering a Kentucky Derby winner. After he and his faithful wife (Quinn's then real-life spouse