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David Appel (book)
Lewis R. Foster (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 December 1958 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Ultold Story behind the West's Strangest Legend!
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In Dakota territory in the 1870s, White Bull, a young Sioux, proves his manhood by catching and training a wild colt he names Tonka... more | add synopsis
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An excellent family movie, even today more (9 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Sal Mineo | ... | White Bull |
 | Philip Carey | ... | Captain Miles Keogh |
| Jerome Courtland | ... | Lieutenant Henry Nowlan |
| Rafael Campos | ... | Strong Bear |
 | H.M. Wynant | ... | Yellow Bull |
 | Joy Page | ... | Prairie Flower |
| Britt Lomond | ... | General George Armstrong Custer |
| Herbert Rudley | ... | Captain Benteen |
| Sydney Smith | ... | General Alfred Howe Terry |
| John War Eagle | ... | Chief Sitting Bull |
| Gregg Martell | ... | Corporal Korn |
| Slim Pickens | ... | Ace |
| Robert 'Buzz' Henry | ... | Lieutenant Crittenden |
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A Horse Named Comanche (USA) (reissue title)
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97 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Edited into "Disneyland: Comanche: The Lone Survivor of Custer's Last Stand (#8.19)" (1962) more
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Tonka more
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It,s one of those Disney family movies from the fifties, that gives you a good feeling, like many others from the same cataloging. Disney was outstanding in those days. Nostalgia, of course, but they don't make them like this anymore. Tonka, was one of the frontier movies that went a bit deeper into the Indian nation, and also portrayed Custer as the mean man he was. One of the first times from Hollywood actually. At the same time told the story of the sole survivor from The Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. Excellent photography, and Sal Mineo's part as White Bull and his companionship with Tonka, was indeed heartwarming. Disney ought to put this out on DVD, with historical bonus etc. Jørn Back, Norway