In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.
Toomai
Toomai's Father
Petersen
Machua Appa
Rham Lahl
Hunter
Commissioner
Kala Nag (uncredited)
Bit Part (uncredited)
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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