The Return of Wildfire, also known as Black Stallion, is a 1948 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Richard Arlen.

When Pat is injured while trying to capture the wild horse Wildfire, drifter Dobe Williams helps her get back home.

Frank Keller, the ranch foreman, has fallen on hard times after losing $6,000 at the local saloon owned by Marty Quinn.

When Dobe asks the saloon owner to sell the horses back, Quinn gets angry and pistol whips him.

Quinn eventually shoots and wounds Wildfire while Dobe is driving the herd back to the ranch.