Togo, the dog that started the 650-mile run across Alaska during a 1925 storm finished by Balto, finally gets his due in a new movie, “Togo,” streaming Friday on Disney+.

Based on a true story, Togo follows veteran dogsled trainer Leonhard Seppala (played by Willem Dafoe) and his lead dog Togo. In the winter of 1925, when the first signs of a potential diphtheria ...

Histories of Alaska: Disney’s new film “Togo” gets important stuff right about desperate run to Nome in 1925. Not the least of which: Balto is limited to seconds on screen.

Disney has a long history of dog movies -- "Old Yeller" still gets you every time -- and dips back into that well with "Togo," a hard-to-resist movie for Disney+. Willem Dafoe plays the man in ...

A 2019 Disney movie titled “Togo” cemented which dog would be remembered most. Interest in the breed soared after “Togo” hit theaters, which Hayes said had its good points as well as bad ones.

In 1925, a dog-sled relay transported diphtheria antitoxin across Alaska to prevent an incipient outbreak in Nome. The relay, which came to be known as the Great Race of Mercy, vaulted Balto, the ...

Disney is developing a live-action movie about two of the key figures in the 1925 Nome Serum Run — sled dog Togo and sled driver Leonhard Seppala. The studio has hired Tom Flynn to write the script.

Disney is developing a live-action movie about two of the key figures in the 1925 Nome Serum Run — sled dog Togo and sled driver Leonhard Seppala. The studio has hired Tom Flynn to write the script.