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Tonka (1958)

The untold story behind the West's strangest legend!

Genre : Adventure, Drama, Family, Western

Runtime : 1H 38M

Director : Lewis R. Foster
Writer : Lewis R. Foster, Lillie Hayward

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Sal Mineo

White Bull

Philip Carey

Captain Myles Keogh

Jerome Courtland

Jerome Courtland

Lieutenant Henry Nowlan

H.M. Wynant

Yellow Bull

Joy Page

Prairie Flower

General George Armstrong Custer

Rafael Campos

Strong Bear

Herbert Rudley

Captain Benteen

General Alfred Howe Terry

John War Eagle

Chief Sitting Bull

Gregg Martell

Corporal Korn

Slim Pickens

Ace

Robert

Robert "Buzz" Henry

Lieutenant Crittenden (as Robert Buzz Henry)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Ace's Man (uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Myrtle Brashear

(uncredited)

Officer (uncredited)

Ace's Man (uncredited)

(uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Major Marcus A. Reno (uncredited)

Officer (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Indian Scout (uncredited)

Indian (uncredited)

Officer (uncredited)

Indian (uncredited)

(uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Wallace Lee Hug

Child (uncredited)

Pioneer (uncredited)

Pioneer (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Dignitary (uncredited)

Eddie Little Sky

Eddie Little Sky

Spotted Tail (uncredited)

(uncredited)

(uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

(uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Ace's Man (uncredited)

Dignitary (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

(uncredited)

William 'Red' Reynolds

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Ace's Man (uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Scout (uncredited)

(uncredited)

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

Nettie Shawaway

(uncredited)

Ace's Man (uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Leland Thompson

Indian Boy (uncredited)

Chester Von Pelt

Indian (uncredited)

Child (uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Orderly (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Al Wyatt Sr.

Trooper (uncredited)

Kellogg (uncredited)

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Crews

Lewis R. Foster

Lewis R. Foster

Director

Lewis R. Foster

Lewis R. Foster

Screenplay

Screenplay

Book

Director of Photography

Ellsworth Hoagland

Editor

Original Music Composer

Robert Emmet Smith

Art Direction

Producer

Harry L. Underwood

Camera Operator

Posters and backgrounds

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