The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

Sep 20, 1970

1h 35m

★ 4.0

Overview

A frontier huckster, Colonel Ryder, and a young orphan, Davey, operate a travelling tent show. They are loaned an elephant by an old friend, Molly, who is also a rival circus owner. Davey trains the elephant and the two soon become inseparable. When the Colonel loses the elephant in gambling, Davey steals the elephant and begins a 20-mile search for Molly, the rightful owner.

Genres

Family

Drama

Adventure

TV Movie

Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

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Cast

Mayor Hancock

Parley Baer

Helen Owens

Whitney Blake

Tinker

Walter Burke

Nana

Ernestine Clark

Mr. Corbert

Tom Drake

Cy Brown

Robert Emhardt

Elmer

William Fawcett

Stilts

Dabbs Greer

Molly Jeffrys

June Havoc

Luke Brown

Richard Kiel

Davey

Mark Lester

Lottie Ladare

Betty Lynn

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