Tonka

Tonka (1958)

The untold story behind the West's strangest legend!

  • Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
  • Release Date: 1958-12-25
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 37 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Lewis R. Foster
star 6.3/10
From 37 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Sal Mineo

    as White Bull

  • Philip Carey

    as Captain Myles Keogh

  • Jerome Courtland

    as Lieutenant Henry Nowlan

  • H.M. Wynant

    as Yellow Bull

  • Joy Page

    as Prairie Flower

  • Britt Lomond

    as General George Armstrong Custer

  • Rafael Campos

    as Strong Bear

  • Herbert Rudley

    as Captain Benteen

  • Sydney Smith

    as General Alfred Howe Terry

  • John War Eagle

    as Chief Sitting Bull

  • Gregg Martell

    as Corporal Korn

  • Slim Pickens

    as Ace

  • Robert "Buzz" Henry

    as Lieutenant Crittenden (as Robert Buzz Henry)

  • Jim Alderman

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Alma Armstrong

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Larry Baxter

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • George Bernier

    as Ace's Man (uncredited)

  • Charles Biles

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Myrtle Brashear

    as (uncredited)

  • Claude Brennan

    as Officer (uncredited)

  • Tom Bride

    as Ace's Man (uncredited)

  • Cliff Burdette

    as (uncredited)

  • Lynn Burke

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Monroe Carlson

    as Major Marcus A. Reno (uncredited)

  • Pat Castor

    as Officer (uncredited)

  • Armand Delmar

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Leroy Ditmore

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Jack Dusick

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Chuck Fite

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Stan Frank

    as Indian Scout (uncredited)

  • Harold Green

    as Indian (uncredited)

  • Alvin Grimes

    as Officer (uncredited)

  • Johnny Guerin

    as Indian (uncredited)

  • O. Hensel

    as (uncredited)

  • Wayne Houston

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Wallace Lee Hug

    as Child (uncredited)

  • Peggy Jaques

    as Pioneer (uncredited)

  • Renee Jaques

    as Pioneer (uncredited)

  • Leroy Johnson

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Karl Kleint

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Clem Klink

    as Dignitary (uncredited)

  • Eddie Little Sky

    as Spotted Tail (uncredited)

  • Bob Marx

    as (uncredited)

  • Harry Miller

    as (uncredited)

  • Jack Muhs

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Gus Norin

    as (uncredited)

  • Robert Patrick

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Bob Patterson

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Hugh Porter

    as Ace's Man (uncredited)

  • Dallas Quick

    as Dignitary (uncredited)

  • Roland Ray

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Morton Remmels

    as (uncredited)

  • William 'Red' Reynolds

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Rod Rosebrook

    as Ace's Man (uncredited)

  • Gard Safley

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Ed Saluskin

    as Scout (uncredited)

  • Walter Schenck

    as (uncredited)

  • Alba Shawaway

    as Scout for Custer / War Dance Drummer / Indian (uncredited)

  • Nettie Shawaway

    as (uncredited)

  • Walt Smead

    as Ace's Man (uncredited)

  • Jim Smith

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Frank Stoul

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Leland Thompson

    as Indian Boy (uncredited)

  • Chester Von Pelt

    as Indian (uncredited)

  • Levi Van Pelt

    as Child (uncredited)

  • Harry Welch

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)

  • Conrad Well

    as Orderly (uncredited)

  • Glenn Wright

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Al Wyatt Sr.

    as Trooper (uncredited)

  • W.C. Yeomans

    as Kellogg (uncredited)

  • C.R. Yount

    as Cavalryman (uncredited)
Directing Lewis R. Foster Director
Writing Lillie Hayward Screenplay
Writing David Appel Book
Writing Lewis R. Foster Screenplay
Sound Oliver Wallace Original Music Composer
Camera Loyal Griggs Director of Photography
Editing Ellsworth Hoagland Editor
Production James C. Pratt Producer
Art Robert Emmet Smith Art Direction
Camera Harry L. Underwood Camera Operator

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