The movie feels a bit like a documentary, largely due to Sabu’s performance as the young “Toomai,” also known as the "Elephant Boy," which is adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s 1893 story. The plot involves an elephant running wild, and only this boy—the offspring of mahouts—is able to soothe it, drawing the notice of a hunting party leader named "Petersen" (Walter Hudd), who then invites him along on a hunt. Following t…