Tonka
1958 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 460 VOTES · DIR. Lewis R. Foster
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 744 lines
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00:02:40 What is happening, White Bull?
00:07:07 It's not food that keeps me from becoming a man.
00:09:31 This is a serious thing you have done, White Bull.
00:13:26 Easy, boy.
00:19:14 The Great One.
00:29:18 Look, Tonka, I brought you a friend.
00:35:06 To kill a buffalo. And to take a scalp in battle.
00:39:24 I stole her from the white soldiers when they came to the camp to attack you.
00:43:07 Wait!
00:45:38 Spotted Tail, Barking Dog.
00:48:47 I'll break the devil's spirit in you!
00:54:55 Ho! Ho!
00:57:12 Ever since Corporal Jeeth was placed in charge of the remount corrals.
01:00:50 Well, he's a thoroughly trained horse, that's for sure.
01:03:25 or kill them off as they have killed the buffalo.
01:05:55 Burned a wagon train, ran off with two white women. They must be punished.
01:11:16 - White Bull. - What tribe?
01:13:32 They'll probably wanna question you and...
01:18:33 against Sitting Bull's village here.
01:20:59 You know, it would make a tempting scalp lock at that.
01:22:52 To split us up... You heard what the scout said.
01:27:05 Watch that gully! Keep down!
01:34:49 Wait!
01:37:03 Well, don't we?
Cast & Characters
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
Gregg Martell
Corporal Korn
Slim Pickens
Ace
Robert "Buzz" Henry
Lieutenant Crittenden (as Robert Buzz Henry)
Jim Alderman
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Alma Armstrong
Minor Role (uncredited)
Larry Baxter
Cavalryman (uncredited)
George Bernier
Ace's Man (uncredited)
Charles Biles
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Myrtle Brashear
(uncredited)
Claude Brennan
Officer (uncredited)
Tom Bride
Ace's Man (uncredited)
Cliff Burdette
(uncredited)
Lynn Burke
Minor Role (uncredited)
Monroe Carlson
Major Marcus A. Reno (uncredited)
Pat Castor
Officer (uncredited)
Armand Delmar
Minor Role (uncredited)
Leroy Ditmore
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Jack Dusick
Minor Role (uncredited)
Chuck Fite
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Stan Frank
Indian Scout (uncredited)
Harold Green
Indian (uncredited)
Alvin Grimes
Officer (uncredited)
Johnny Guerin
Indian (uncredited)
O. Hensel
(uncredited)
Wayne Houston
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Wallace Lee Hug
Child (uncredited)
Peggy Jaques
Pioneer (uncredited)
Renee Jaques
Pioneer (uncredited)
Leroy Johnson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Karl Kleint
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed744
Dialogue density7.6 lines / min
First line00:02:40
Final line01:37:03
Production Record
DirectorLewis R. Foster
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes460
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