Tonka (film)
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| Directed by | Lewis R. Foster |
| Produced by | James C. Pratt |
| Written by | David Appel Lewis R. Foster Lillie Hayward |
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Sal Mineo Philip Carey Jerome Courtland Rafael Campos H.M. Wynant Joy Page Britt Lomond Herbert Rudley Sydney Smith John War Eagle Gregg Martel Slim Pickens Robert 'Buzz' Henry |
| Music by | Oliver Wallace |
| Cinematography | Loyal Griggs |
| Edited by | Ellsworth Hoagland |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals) |
Tonka is a 1958 Walt Disney Western adventure film about the US cavalry horse that survived the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Also released under the title A Horse Named Comanche, it stars Sal Mineo as a Sioux who fought there. It was filmed in Bend, Oregon, and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution.
The film is based on the book Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse by David Appel, which tells an imaginary story of the Indian and US Cavalry owners of the horse of the title.
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