I think I was about 10 when I saw this film, so about 30 years ago. Haven't seen it since, but it is one of the first films I have ever seen that sticks in my mind. I remember Clint had to go to war and Smokey was passed onto someone else to take care of him, but they just abused the darling' thing. The horse and cart then their reunion brought me to tears. The sequence with Smokey now broken down and disillusioned with the world got the throat trembling, and the meeting between Clint and Smokey... God I'm teary now! It is probably one of the first animal activist films around to show the love between animal and man, and how some people mistreat them. I'm searching for a copy as well. Or at least for one of the TV stations to rerun it.