Toby Tyler

Toby Tyler is a film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Company on January 21, 1960. It is based on the 1880 childrens book Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus by James Otis Kaler.

After his stern Uncle Daniel describes him as a millstone, ten year old Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus. There he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, a frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isnt all fun and games. His employer Harry Tupper, the candy vendor is cruel and greedy. He convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel dont love him or want him back and hides their letters. Toby resigns himself to circus life, even scoring himself a much bigger role. When he discovers, with the help of Mr. Stubbs, that Harry lied to him about his aunt and uncle he departs the circus for home. Mr. Stubbs follows him and Toby decides to take the chimp home with him. Soon after though, Mr. Stubbs is chased by a hunters dog. The hunter, Jim Weaver, accidentally shoots Mr. Stubbs just as Harry arrives to haul Toby back to the circus.Back at the circus, Toby finds his aunt and uncle in attendance, leading to a tearful reunion. When Harry tries to pursue Toby, hes obstructed by Ben, who confronts him for tampering with Tobys mail and warns him to leave him alone. Joyfully, just before Tobys performance, with his family in attendance, he discovers that Mr. Stubbs has survived his wounds, having been brought back to the circus by Jim. Relieved, Toby begins his performance on horseback, only to have Mr. Stubbs jump down from the trapeze to join him, thus creating a wonderful new act for the circus. ........

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