Tonka (1958)
"The untold story behind the West's strangest legend!"

Title: Tonka
Original Title: Tonka
Release Date: 1958-12-25
Status: Released
Rating: 6.3/10 (from 38 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Production Companies: Unknown
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.
Cast

Sal Mineo
White Bull

Philip Carey
Captain Myles Keogh

Jerome Courtland
Lieutenant Henry Nowlan

H.M. Wynant
Yellow Bull

Joy Page
Prairie Flower

Britt Lomond
General George Armstrong Custer

Rafael Campos
Strong Bear

Herbert Rudley
Captain Benteen

Sydney Smith
General Alfred Howe Terry

John War Eagle
Chief Sitting Bull