Tonka
The untold story behind the West's strangest legend!
Young Indian brave White Bull captures and tames a wild stallion and names him Tonka. But when White Bull's cruel cousin claims Tonka for his own and mistreats the horse, White Bull sets him free. Tonka finally finds a home with Capt. Keogh and the 7th Calvary, and in 1876, rides into the Battle of Little Big Horn with General Armstrong Custer, becoming its only survivor.
Crew and Cast
Lewis R. FosterDirector
Sal MineoWhite Bull
Philip CareyCaptain Myles Keogh
Jerome CourtlandLieutenant Henry Nowlan
H.M. WynantYellow Bull
Joy PagePrairie Flower
Britt LomondGeneral George Armstrong Custer
Rafael CamposStrong Bear
Herbert RudleyCaptain BenteenSydney SmithGeneral Alfred Howe Terry
John War EagleChief Sitting Bull
Gregg MartellCorporal Korn
Slim PickensAce
Robert "Buzz" HenryLieutenant Crittenden (as Robert Buzz Henry)Jim AldermanCavalryman
Alma ArmstrongMinor Role
Larry BaxterCavalryman
George BernierAce's Man
Charles BilesCavalryman
Myrtle Brashear
Claude BrennanOfficer
Tom BrideAce's Man
Cliff Burdette
Lynn BurkeMinor Role
Monroe CarlsonMajor Marcus A. Reno
Pat CastorOfficer
Armand DelmarMinor Role
Leroy DitmoreCavalryman
Jack DusickMinor Role
Chuck FiteCavalryman
Stan FrankIndian Scout
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 25 December 1958
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 6.3 / 10 (40 votes)
Production
- Director
- Lewis R. Foster
- Writers
- Lillie Hayward, Lewis R. Foster
- Countries
- United States of America
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English