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21 January 1960 (USA) more
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Taken in by distant members of his family after being orphaned, Corcoran runs away to join the circus. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Kevin Corcoran ... Toby Tyler
Henry Calvin ... Ben Cotter
Gene Sheldon ... Sam Treat
Bob Sweeney ... Harry Tupper
Richard Eastham ... Colonel Sam Castle
James Drury ... Jim Weaver
Barbara Beaird ... Mademoiselle Jeanette
Dennis Olivieri ... Monsieur Ajax (as Dennis Joel)
Edith Evanson ... Aunt Olive
Tom Fadden ... Uncle Daniel
Oliver Wallace ... Bandleader (as Ollie Wallace)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Toby Tyler
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Runtime:
96 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Disney was able to bolster interest in this Kevin Corcoran vehicle by using Henry Calvin and Gene Sheldon in co-starring roles. They were both the co-stars of Disney's hit television series "Zorro" (1957) which was then off the air due to legal disputes between Disney and the American Broadcasting Company. more
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Revealing mistakes: In the first scene Toby Tyler is supposed to be selling concessions at the circus, but he sits down to watch Mademoiselle Jeanette and Monsieur Ajax performing their acrobatic horse routine instead; the last shot shows Jeanette and Ajax in different costumes because it is a shot from a later scene in the movie where Toby Tyler performs the act with Jeanette. Therefore the last shot of their routine has Toby Tyler performing instead of Ajax. more
Quotes:
Harry Tupper: You my boy could be... a concessionare.
Toby Tyler: I could?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) more

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Pollyanna's brother, 17 October 2007
Author: dbdumonteil

This Disney production was released at about the same time as "Pollyanna".Both heroes have problems with their families: Pollyanna is taken in by her auntie Polly Harrington a good but proud woman who thinks that money can buy everything;Toby has to escape from the farm where he lives with his uncle and his aunt -who are far from being as rich as Polly but who are finally good people-.The subtitles reads "ten weeks with a circus" and that's exactly what it is.

Toby takes refuge in a circus where he will meet people from a world he does not know:he becomes good friend with Mr Tibbs ,the chimp and falls in love with the beautiful rider;but his job is to sell peanuts,and Monsieur Ajax,Mademoiselle Jeannette's partner ,always laughs at him.Toby's dream is to become part of the show but he stands no chance till....

A nice memory from your childhood from long ago.

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