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63% Critic Match
Tonka
“The untold story behind the West's strangest legend!”
6.3 / 10• 1958• 1h 38m•NR• English
AdventureDramaFamilyWestern
Storyline
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 & Crew
Sal Mineo
White Bull
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lewis R. Foster's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tonka is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
