Elephant Boy poster

Elephant Boy( 1937)

TV-MAAdventureDramaFamily
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Overview

In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sabu

      Toomai

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      W.E. Holloway

      Toomai's Father

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      Walter Hudd

      Petersen

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      Allan Jeayes

      Machua Appa

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      Bruce Gordon

      Rham Lahl

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      D.J. Williams

      Hunter

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      Wilfrid Hyde-White

      Commissioner

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      Iravatha

      Kala Nag (uncredited)

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      Harry Lane

      Bit Part (uncredited)

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      Udham Singh

      Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 20 2022
    This has something of a documentary about it as Sabu portrays the young "Toomai" - the "Elephant Boy" based on the Rudyard Kipling story published in 1893. When an elephant goes on the rampage, only the young boy - the son and grandson of a mahout - can calm it down and in so doing attracts the attention of the leader of a hunting party "Petersen" (Walter Hudd) who agrees to take him on a hunt. What now ensues is a series of adventures that cause the boy to grow up quickly - and sometimes quite harshly. It's one of those films that rather glorifies the Raj and objectifies the local population, ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • elephant
    • expedition
    • human animal relationship
    • jungle
    • india
    • based on short story
    • herd
    • roundup
    • child protagonist
    • mahout
    • asian elephant