Tonka_(film)
Tonka (film)
1958 film by Lewis R. Foster
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.[2]
It was filmed in Bend, Oregon, and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, a division of Walt Disney Productions.