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Tonka
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Tonka

Dec 25, 1958
1h 38m
★ 6.3

The untold story behind the West's strangest legend!

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.

Genres

Adventure
Drama
Family
Western

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Cast

Sal Mineo

White Bull

Sal Mineo

Philip Carey

Captain Myles Keogh

Philip Carey

Jerome Courtland

Lieutenant Henry Nowlan

Jerome Courtland

H.M. Wynant

Yellow Bull

H.M. Wynant

Joy Page

Prairie Flower

Joy Page

Britt Lomond

General George Armstrong Custer

Britt Lomond

Rafael Campos

Strong Bear

Rafael Campos

Herbert Rudley

Captain Benteen

Herbert Rudley

Sydney Smith

General Alfred Howe Terry

Sydney Smith

John War Eagle

Chief Sitting Bull

John War Eagle

Gregg Martell

Corporal Korn

Gregg Martell

Slim Pickens

Ace

Slim Pickens