Hidalgo

About Hidalgo

Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...

Hidalgo is a 2004 western film directed by Joe Johnston. It runs 136 minutes and was released in February 2004.

The film is filed under desert, horse, sword fight, and cowboy.

Viggo Mortensen appears as Frank Hopkins, Zuleikha Robinson as Jazira, Omar Sharif as Sheikh Riyadh, and Louise Lombard as Lady Anne Davenport. The screenplay is by John Fusco. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Open Range, Seabiscuit, and Lean on Pete make useful companions to Hidalgo, all filed under 19th century. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 1,404 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.