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Elephant Boy (1937)

March 12, 1937 (GB) Adventure, Drama, Family • 82m

Overview

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

Writer

John Collier

Top Billed

Sabu

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Top Billed Cast

Sabu
Sabu

Toomai

W.E. Holloway
W.E. Holloway

Toomai's Father

Allan Jeayes
Allan Jeayes

Machua Appa

Iravatha
Iravatha

Kala Nag (uncredited)

Harry Lane
Harry Lane

Bit Part (uncredited)

Udham Singh
Udham Singh

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Crew
Ákos Tolnay
Ákos Tolnay

Additional Writing

Marcia de Silva
Marcia de Silva

Additional Writing

John Greenwood
John Greenwood

Original Music Composer

Osmond Borradaile
Osmond Borradaile

Director of Photography

Teddy Baird
Teddy Baird

Production Manager

Fred Ellis
Fred Ellis

Production Manager

David Flaherty
David Flaherty

Assistant Director

Teddy Baird
Teddy Baird

Assistant Director

John Pommer
John Pommer

Second Assistant Director

H.G. Cape
H.G. Cape

Sound Recordist

A.W. Watkins
A.W. Watkins

Sound Director

John W. Mitchell
John W. Mitchell

Boom Operator

W. Percy Day
W. Percy Day

Matte Painter

William Hornbeck
William Hornbeck

Supervising Editor

Muir Mathieson
Muir Mathieson

Music Director

Lionel Salter
Lionel Salter

Orchestrator

Lajos Biró
Lajos Biró

Script Editor

André de Toth
André de Toth

Production Assistant

John Collier
John Collier

Screenplay



Reviews

CinemaSerf

⭐ 6/10

June 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… read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

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