Year: 1958
Runtime: 98 mins
Language: English
Director: Lewis R. Foster
Young brave White Bull captures a wild stallion, tames it and names it Tonka. When White Bull’s cousin seizes Tonka and mistreats the horse, White Bull rescues and frees it. Tonka finds a home with Captain Keogh’s 7th Cavalry; in 1876 he rides into the Battle of Little Bighorn alongside General Custer, emerging as the sole survivor of the charge.
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