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Elephant Boy
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6.6In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.
Released: 1937-03-1282 minDir: Zoltan KordaAdventure, Drama, Family
Stream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Sabu as Toomai
- W.E. Holloway as Toomai's Father
- Walter Hudd as Petersen
- Allan Jeayes as Machua Appa
- Bruce Gordon as Rham Lahl
- D.J. Williams as Hunter
Themes
- elephant
- expedition
- human animal relationship
- jungle
- india
- based on short story
- herd
- roundup
- child protagonist
- mahout
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
856 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1937
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Family
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Toomai of the Elephants
- Director
- Robert J. Flaherty
- Screenwriter
- Akos Tolnay
- Cast member
- Bruce Gordon
- Producer
- Alexander Korda
- Production company
- London Films
- Cinematographer
- Osmond Borradaile
- Narrative location
- India
- Duration
- 80
- FilmAffinity ID
- 169411
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1937-01-01
- film editor
- Charles Crichton
- title
- Elephant Boy
- distributed by
- United Artists
- color
- black-and-white
- set in environment
- jungle
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