John Manly is a character from the 2020 Disney+ original film Black Beauty.
Background
John Manly is a horse trainer who lives in New York working at the Birtwick Stables. He is the uncle of Jo Green. While working at the Birtwick Stables, John would occasionally talk to his fellow workers at the Stables often communicating with Henry Gordon or James at the Stables as well as his niece Jo. However, he occasionally faces tough situations during his life at Birtwick Stables trying to make tough decisions to make such as trying to send Beauty to somewhere else in order to make space at Birtwick.
Role in the film
John Manly approaches a rancher, telling him that he drove all the way from New York and upon seeing the water not being fresh enough to feed Black Beauty and just as she observes Beauty feeling uncomfortable in her pen, John decides to take her to a better home upon studying the horse's feelings just before a rancher tells him to wrap up. He then drives all the way from Utah to New York to relocate Beauty to a better place where she would be treated properly. Just as John drives to New York, his boss Henry Gordon approaches him, commenting about Beauty being a gorgeous horse just before James enters while John and Gordon continue to observe Beauty in her pen. The next day, James approaches John, commenting about Beauty's unusual behavior just as James continued to care for Beauty throughout her life. However, that evening, John's niece Jo Green returns from school in a bad mood when she refused to eat dinner with her uncle.
The next day, John approaches his niece telling her that Black Beauty was taken away from her family in the wild, albeit Jo still in a bad mood just before going to school. John also feels stressed about the frustration he had between Jo and Black Beauty especially during while working as a horse trainer in the stables. However, one day, John hands his niece Jo a book, "Two Spirits Converge - The Art of the Horse" which his mentor gave to him which he thinks it would help her talk to horses. Just as Jo attempts to bond with Black Beauty, James feels worried and tells John that Beauty would charge against her only to find out that she is gently bonding with her. That evening, John offers his niece Jo to buy steaks for dinner which she decides not to talk after feeling upset about the death of her parents still feeling pragmatic about the tragic moment she had.
The next day, John approaches his niece who is sleeping in Beauty's pen, grounding her, as he felt worried that he found her in the pen. John approaches Jo who holds a strap, causing Beauty to react in shock as John tells his niece that wild mustangs are led by a mare leading through respect. Just as Jo tames her, she tells Beauty that her uncle says that she is safe, just as Beauty adapts her life in living in the stables; however, as John plans to sell her, he explains to his niece that he doesn't own the stables, as the conservancy part is to train and adopt a few mustangs a year and not to keep them. He later became aware of his niece riding on Beauty which he reacts in shock, leading John, James, and Gordon to try to make sure Jo is safe which Jo and Beauty got the hang of their home together.
After the summer ended, Beauty narrates that he liked John that much, despite being heavy to ride on her. Suddenly, John approaches a new groom, telling him to avoid getting distracted on his phone while working at the ranch. One night, John noticed his niece Jo attempting to rescue Beauty and the other horses trapped by the fire in the stable, which Jo managed to get the horses out of the stable. The next day, John approaches his niece and tells her that saving Birtwick Stables is not that easy, even after the fire that damaged the stable, just as Jo makes a deal to find a way to save Beauty after the fire.
Later, John goes into a conversation with the Winthorp family where she introduces them to Black Beauty and the other horses just before the other horses are sent to Earlshall Park. John discusses with his niece that sending Beauty and the other horses being transported to Earlshall Park would be a safer place just before Jo leaves. John approaches his niece at Earlshall, who tells her the bad news that Birtwick Stables is closing down. Back at Birtwick, John shares his story with his niece, telling her that he rescued a mustang from the Bureau of Land Management and named him "Beau", but later felt emotional when he gave him away, just as Jo tries to bring back Black Beauty so she can be reunited again by planning to save a lot of money to find her.
Later, Jo began to write a letter to her uncle, telling him that she was working extra shifts to save enough money to find Beauty, but could not find her, just as she continued to search for Beauty while writing a letter to John. Furthermore, John approaches Jo who reunites with Beauty at the Midtown Stables just as John was able to rescue her and bring her back to Birtwick Stables, which was saved from bankruptcy. John later brings Beauty to the home when she was meant to be, making her happy once again.
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