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Tonka (1958)

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Description
Tonka is a 1958 Walt Disney Western adventure film about the US cavalry horse that survived the Battle of the Little Big Horn; it stars Sal Mineo as a Sioux who fought there. It was filmed in Bend, Oregon and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. The film was based on the book Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse by David Appel. It tells an imaginary story of the Indian and US Cavalry owners of the horse of the title. It has also been released under the title A Horse Named Comanche. In Dakota territory in the 1870s, White Bull, a young Sioux, proves his manhood by catching and training a wild colt he names Tonka. When a cruel cousin claims the horse as the privilege of rank, White Bull lets Tonka go. The horse ends up in the hands of a captain in the US cavalry about the time that Sitting Bull gathers the tribes to confront the growing US presence, epitomized by the bigoted General Custer. All paths, including those of White Bull and Tonka, lead to the confluence of the Little and Big Horn rivers.
Tags
Tonka, 1958, Lewis R. Foster, Sal Mineo, Philip Carey, Jerome Courtland, H.M. Wynant, Joy Page, Britt Lomond, Rafael Campos, Herbert Rudley, Sydney Smith, John War Eagle, Gregg Martell, Slim Pickens, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Robert Buzz Henry, animal film, horse
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