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Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/REX (783541ao) 'Elephant Boy' Film - 1937 - GTV ARCHIVE Toomai is a young boy growing up in India who longs to be like his father. He accompanies him on an expedition with their elephant, Kala Nag. Tragedy strikes when Toomai's father is killed by a tiger. The rest of the hunters send Toomai home, but he has not gone far before he hears Kala Nag trumpeting and runs back. Distressed at the loss of his owners, he has stampeded and thrown the new driver, who demands he must be killed. Toomai cannot bear to lose another member of his family, so the two run away deep into the jungle, where they come across a rare and wonderful sight. Stars: Sabu as Toomai, Walter Hudd as Petersen, Allan Jeayes as Machua Appa, W. E. Holloway as Father