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Basic facts

Original title Tonka
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
Swedish release 1960-02-29

Cast

Sal Mineo
White Bull (Vita Tjuren), ung siouxkrigare

Philip Carey
Miles Keogh, kapten vid US 7th Cavalry

Jerome Courtland
löjtnant Henry "Hank" Nowlan

Rafael Campos
Strong Bear (Starka Björnen), ung siouxkrigare

H.M. Wynant
Yellow Bull (Gula Tjuren), White Bulls kusin, siouxkrigare

Joy Page
Prairie Flower (Prärieblomman), White Bulls mor

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Alternative title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Executive Producer
Musical Arrangement
Music Editor
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Other Crew

Cast

Sal Mineo White Bull (Vita Tjuren), ung siouxkrigare
Philip Carey Miles Keogh, kapten vid US 7th Cavalry
Jerome Courtland löjtnant Henry "Hank" Nowlan
Rafael Campos Strong Bear (Starka Björnen), ung siouxkrigare
H.M. Wynant Yellow Bull (Gula Tjuren), White Bulls kusin, siouxkrigare
Joy Page Prairie Flower (Prärieblomman), White Bulls mor
Britt Lomond general George Armstrong Custer
Herbert Rudley kapten Frederick W. Benteen
Sydney Smith general Alfred Howe Terry
John War Eagle hövdingen Sitting Bull
Gregg Martell korpral Korn
Slim Pickens Ace, en av männen som fångar och säljer vildhästar
Robert "Buzz" Henry löjtnant Crittenden

Companies

Production Company Walt Disney Productions
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Cawall Film AB 1960
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm) Föreningsfilmo AB 197-
Swedish Film AB 197-

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 95396
Date 1960-02
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 2625 meters


Censorship number 93969
Date 1959-06
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2655 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Sound System
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2655 meter
Length in minutes 97 min


Original work

Original title Comanche (Novel)
Author David Appel


Production location

USA 1958 1958
Walt Disney Studios Los Angeles
Warm Springs (indianreservat), Oregon

Release dates

First showing 1958-12 USA 97 min
Release in Sweden 1960-02-29 Skandia Stockholm Sweden 96 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Tonka
Composer George Bruns
Lyrics Gil George
Singer kör (manskör)


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm



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