Tonka(1958)
The untold story behind the West's strangest legend!
98 min★ 6.3 TMDBAdventureDramaFamilyWestern
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.
Directed byLewis R. Foster
Cast
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- SSydney SmithGeneral Alfred Howe Terry
John War EagleChief Sitting Bull
Gregg MartellCorporal Korn
Slim PickensAce
Robert "Buzz" HenryLieutenant Crittenden (as Robert Buzz Henry)- JJim AldermanCavalryman (uncredited)
- AAlma ArmstrongMinor Role (uncredited)
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