Le Clown et l'enfant (Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus)

Title Le Clown et l'enfant (Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus)
Release date
1960
Director
Charles Barton
Type
Couleur (Technicolor)
Format
Genre
Runtime
96
Importance du cirque
Sypnosis

11-year-old orphan Toby Tyler lives with his uncle and aunt in dire poverty. Convinced he is not welcomed, he manages to be hired in a traveling circus as a candy vendor. There he discovers the world of street artists and befriends handyman Ben, clown Sam and Sam’s monkey Mr. Stubbs. After the bareback rider’s fall, Toby must replace him and with his friends Ben, Sam, Mr. Stubb and Jeanette’s help, he soon becomes a star rider who wows the crowd.

Cast

Kevin Corcoran, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Bob Sweeney

Production company
Walt Disney Productions
Country
Thematic
Notes
D'après un roman de James Otis Kaler