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Overview

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6.3/10   120 votes
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Director:
Lewis R. Foster
Writers:
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!
Plot:
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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Great for kids? more

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Horse Named Comanche (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Filming Locations:
Bend, Oregon, USA

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Edited into "Disneyland: Comanche: The Captive Stallion (#8.18)" (1962) more
Soundtrack:
Tonka more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Great for kids?, 24 August 2003
Author: Bug-38 from New Zealand

This was one of my absolute favourite movies as a kid. It seems strange to me now that they could make a family movie about a battle where one side was entirely wiped out (except the horse of course). Not that there was any blood and gore in the film. It just seems a strange topic for a kids movie.

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