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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001391609-07-000045.txt : 20071002
<SEC-HEADER>0001391609-07-000045.hdr.sgml : 20071002
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20071002113021
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001391609-07-000045
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070927
FILED AS OF DATE:		20071002
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20071002

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000878932
		IRS NUMBER:				760345915
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2727 ALLEN PKWY
		STREET 2:		13TH FLOOR
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7135290900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2727 ALLEN PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		13TH FLOOR
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77019

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EQUUS II INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970422

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Moore Anthony R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001332049

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	814-00098
		FILM NUMBER:		071148116

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-529-0900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2727 ALLEN PARKWAY, 13TH FLOOR
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77019
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-09-27</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2007-09-27</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000878932</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EQS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001332049</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Moore Anthony R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2727 ALLEN PARKWAY, 13TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Equus Total Return, Inc.</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-09-27</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2007-09-27</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>189716</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>7.74</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1273252</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnote</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <remarks>The securities were previously pledged to the Douglass Trust IV FBO Brooke Douglass and the Douglass Trust IV FBO Sam Preston Douglass Jr. as collateral to secure a certain promissory note and transferred to the Douglass Trust IV FBO Brooke Douglass and the Douglass Trust IV FBO Sam Preston Douglass, Jr. in partial settlement of such notes.  The settlement included $1,468,401.84 for the transferred securities and the issuance of additional promissory notes.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Anthony Moore</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-10-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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