Toby Tyler

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Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)

95 min - Drama, Family - 21 January 1960
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Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games when the evil candy vendor, Harry Tupper, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Toby resigns himself to circus life, but when he finally realizes that Tupper lied to him, and that his aunt and uncle truly love him, Toby happily returns home once again.

Director:  Charles Barton
Writers:  Lillie Hayward
Stars:  Kevin Corcoran, Bob Sweeney, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Richard Eastham, James Drury, Barbara Beaird, Dennis Olivieri, Edith Evanson, Tom Fadden, Oliver Wallace, The Marquis Chimps, Walter Bacon, Alex Ball, Brandon Beach, Arline Bletcher, Paul Bradley, Chet Brandenburg, William Challee, Dick Cherney, Noble Chissell, John Cliff, James Dietrich, Ken DuMain, 'Eddie Spaghetti' Emerson, Ben Frommer, Abe Goldstein, Babs Graham, Del Graham, Carol Henry, Duke Johnson, Harry C. Johnson, Kenner G. Kemp, Jess Kirkpatrick, Dave Knupp, Bob LaWandt, Perk Lazelle, Ruth Lee, Herbert Lytton, Thomas Martin, Kermit Maynard, Michael McGreevey, William Meader, Howard Negley, William Newell, William H. O'Brien, Anthony Redondo, Al Roberts, Henry Rowland, Phil Schumacher, Barry Seltzer, Robert Shayne, Olan Soule, Charles Sullivan, Guy Wilkerson, Sam Harris, James MacDonald

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Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games when the evil candy vendor, Harry Tupper, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Toby resigns himself to circus life, but when he finally realizes that Tupper lied to him, and that his aunt and uncle truly love him, Toby happily returns home once again.


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Genres: Drama, Family

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Language:  English
Release Date:  21 January 1960

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Runtime:  1 h 35 min