When his rightful owner repossesses the Black, eighteen-year-old Alec travels across the deserts of Arabia to find the great stallion and helps to solve a tribal feud.

Robert Dalva directs "The Black Stallion Returns," a lively sequel following the further adventures of Alec Ramsay (Kelly Reno) and his stunning Arabian steed, the Black. When the horse is stolen, Alec leaves the peaceful farm where he lives with his mother (Teri Garr) to go off to Morocco; there, warring Arab tribes are determined to run the Black under their own divergent standards in a legendary desert race.

Young Alec Ramsay, pulled to a deserted island by the wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, spends his days slowly building trust with "Black" while working to keep them both alive until they can be rescued.