Elephant Boy is a 1973 Australian-British-German series based on the Rudyard Kipling story Toomai of the Elephants.
It was shot on location in Sri Lanka from December 1971 to April 1972 and consisted of 13 episodes.
It aired on Channel Seven in Australia in 1973.
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Synopsis
The story is about 12 year old boy Toomai, his younger brother Ranjit, and their friendship with an elephant called Kala Nag. The brothers have been orphaned, but share a love of animals, which was instilled in them by their father, who was a mahout. Living in a wildlife sanctuary in the jungle of Sri Lanka, Toumai has to contend with the issues between humans and jungle animals.
Cast
Esrom Jayasinghe as Toomai
Uwe Friedrichsen as Karl Bergen
Isobel Black as Kay Stevens
Margot Leonard as Mrs Weiner
Janet Kingsbury as Sue Fraser
Alistair Duncan as Jaffne
Jeanie Drynan as Jane Shorter
Gunnar Möller as Dr Scott
Queenie Ashton as Doreen Graham
Jeff Ashby as Tom Mitchell
John Gregg as Burke
Jack Thompson as Chuck Ryder
Brigitte Rau as Dr Fleur
Peter Ragell as Ranjit
Siegfried Rauch as Buchmeister
John McCallum as Jack Wilson
Peter Reynolds as Strang
Roy Scammell as Ben Thackray
Neil Fitzpatrick as Harry Slater
Norman Yemm as Bob Carey
Peter Gwynne as Rick Madison
Cecily Polson as Erika Madison
Tim Elliott as Bill Clift
Kevin Miles as Prince Paddam
Ric Hutton as Colonel Shannon