Tonka

The untold story behind the West's strangest legend!

Duration: 98 min

Release date: 1958-12-25

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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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as Captain Myles Keogh

Jerome Courtland

Jerome Courtland

as Lieutenant Henry Nowlan

as Prairie Flower

as General George Armstrong Custer

as Captain Benteen

as General Alfred Howe Terry

as Chief Sitting Bull

as Corporal Korn

Robert "Buzz" Henry

Robert "Buzz" Henry

as Lieutenant Crittenden (as Robert Buzz Henry)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

as Ace's Man (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

Myrtle Brashear

Myrtle Brashear

as (uncredited)

as Officer (uncredited)

as Ace's Man (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Major Marcus A. Reno (uncredited)

as Officer (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

as Indian Scout (uncredited)

as Indian (uncredited)

as Officer (uncredited)

as Indian (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

Wallace Lee Hug

Wallace Lee Hug

as Child (uncredited)

as Pioneer (uncredited)

as Pioneer (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

as Dignitary (uncredited)

Eddie Little Sky

Eddie Little Sky

as Spotted Tail (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

as Ace's Man (uncredited)

as Dignitary (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

William 'Red' Reynolds

William 'Red' Reynolds

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

as Ace's Man (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

as Scout (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

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

Nettie Shawaway

Nettie Shawaway

as (uncredited)

as Ace's Man (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

Leland Thompson

Leland Thompson

as Indian Boy (uncredited)

Chester Von Pelt

Chester Von Pelt

as Indian (uncredited)

as Child (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

as Orderly (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Trooper (uncredited)

as Kellogg (uncredited)

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

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Lewis R. Foster

Lewis R. Foster

Lewis R. Foster

Lewis R. Foster

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Ellsworth Hoagland

Ellsworth Hoagland

Robert Emmet Smith

Robert Emmet Smith

Harry L. Underwood

Harry L. Underwood

Camera Operator

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