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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. When a cruel cousin claims the horse as the privilege of rank, White Bull lets Tonka go.
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- Lewis R. Foster
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- Sal Mineo, Philip Carey, Jerome Courtland
Mar 8, 2005 · His troopers killed their horses to form barricades, so Comanche was lucky to survive. Some of Keough's troopers tried to join Custer on Last Stand Hill. They were about a mile from Custer.
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Jan 10, 2000 · Comanche: Directed by Burt Kennedy. With Kris Kristofferson, Wilford Brimley, Angie Dickinson, Gerald McRaney. The heart warming true story of the only U.S. survivor of The Battle of Little Big Horn... the horse named Comanche.
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- Short, Drama, History
- Burt Kennedy
- 2000-01-10
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.
Tonka (A Horse Named Comanche) (1958) A Disney western that daringly rejects stereotypes of IndIans & Little Big Horn Sal Mineo, in his only performance for Disney, plays the Indian teenager White Bull in a performance that was widely praised by critics.
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a wild horse is loved by both a Sioux youth (Sal Mineo) and a cavalry officer (philip carey). dougbrode 18 March 2006. Warning: Spoilers. 11 out of 11 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink. Originally, this was to have been called "Comanche," the title of the novel it is based on.
Jun 3, 2020 · Italian American Sal Mineo is odd, awkward casting but gets a useful role in Walt Disney Productions’s junior 1958 Western adventure film Tonka [A Horse Named Comanche] about a young Sioux Indian boy called White Bull who catches and trains a wild colt he calls Tonka.
