Tonka
The untold story behind the West's strangest legend!
Rating: 6.3 out of 10TMDB(40 votes)
Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Lewis R. FosterScreenplay
- Lillie HaywardScreenplay
- David AppelBook
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 25, 1958
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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All options, opens in a new tabCast
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 Benteen- Sydney SmithGeneral Alfred Howe Terry
John War EagleChief Sitting Bull
Gregg MartellCorporal Korn
Slim PickensAce
Robert "Buzz" HenryLieutenant Crittenden (as Robert Buzz Henry)- Jim AldermanCavalryman (uncredited)
- Alma ArmstrongMinor Role (uncredited)
- Larry BaxterCavalryman (uncredited)
- George BernierAce's Man (uncredited)
- Charles BilesCavalryman (uncredited)
- Myrtle Brashear(uncredited)
- Claude BrennanOfficer (uncredited)
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