Mickey Rooney appeared in a film that was based on the book The Black Stallion by Walter Farley.
Mickey Rooney . Nevertheless , Rooney 's popularity was renewed with well-received supporting roles in films such as Requiem for a Heavyweight ( 1962 ) , It 's a Mad , Mad , Mad , Mad World ( 1963 ) , and The Black Stallion ( 1979 ) . The Black Stallion is a 1979 American film based on the 1941 classic children 's novel The Black Stallion by Walter Farley .