1937·82 min·Released

Elephant Boy

Adventure
Drama
Family

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

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Sabu

Toomai

W.E. Holloway

Toomai's Father

Walter Hudd

Petersen

Allan Jeayes

Machua Appa

Bruce Gordon

Rham Lahl

D.J. Williams

Hunter

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Commissioner

Iravatha

Kala Nag (uncredited)

Harry Lane

Bit Part (uncredited)

Udham Singh

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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Written on 6/20/2022

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, but having been filmed on the private reserve of the Maharajah of Mysore, the photography and authenticity of the story helps give it extra credence that, perhaps, the rather banal dialogue compromises. Sabu used to be the Maharajah's stable boy, so if nothing else the film serves as an excellent springboard for this charming and engaging young actor to get to Hollywood. Interestingly ironic that is was nominated for the "Mussolini Cup" in 1937.... I would not call this an exciting film to watch but it is - of it's time - an interesting one.

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