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Tonka(Movie, 1958)

NR
| 1h 37min | Genres: Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family, Western
TonkaRating: 3.2/5 (with 1818 votes)
Tonka is a 1958 American Western film directed by Lewis R. Foster and starring Sal Mineo as a Sioux who survived the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The film is based on the book Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse by David Appel, and depicts the fictional story of the Indian and US Cavalry owners of the titular horse. It was filmed in Bend, Oregon, and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, a division of Walt Disney Productions. ()
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Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 37min
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Duration: 1h 37min
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Also available at Amazon.com on: DVD

About Tonka

The remarkable and ironical story of a wild colt that changes owners around the time of the Great Sioux War of 1876.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: David Appel ("Comanche")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 8 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date US: 12/25/1958
Director: Lewis R. Foster
Film Editor: Ellsworth Hoagland
Director of Photography: Loyal Griggs
Art Director: Robert Emmet Smith
Composer: Oliver Wallace
Costume designer: Chuck Keehne, Gertrude Casey
Production Designer: Emile Kuri, Oliver Emert
Other Team Members: Peter Ellenshaw, Robert O. Cook, Harry Lindgren, Pat McNalley, Clifford Vaughan
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Horse Named Comanche"

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