Disney's "The Boy Who Stole the Elephant" Part 1 Season 17 Ep 2

From Season 17 of Walt Disney's Disneyland Anthology program we have Episode 2: The Boy Who Stole the Elephant, Part 1 which originally aired on September 20th, 1970. Col. Rufus Ryder runs a small traveling circus that never seems to make a profit, possibly due to Ryder's fondness for gambling. Davey is an orphan living with the circus who acts as the colonel's aide. Realizing he needs additional cash, Ryder asks Molly Jeffrys, owner of another small circus, for money to pay his debts. She instead loans him an elephant named Queenie, who can help work in the circus. Davey begins working with Queenie and soon the two are inseparable. Starring David Wayne as Col. Rufus Ryder, June Havoc as Molly Jeffrys, Mark Lester as Davey, Dabbs Greer as Stilts, Parley Baer as Mayor Hancock, Whitney Blake as Helen Owens, James Westerfield as Sheriff Berry, Robert Emhardt as Cy Brown, Tom Drake as Mr. Corbett, Richard Kiel as Luke Brown, Betty Lynn as Lottie Ladare, Doris Singleton as Lizzie Ladare, Christopher Shea as Billy Owens, Susan Olsen as Lucy Owens, Ernestine Clark as Nana, Danny Rees as DeMarco, Walter Burke as Tinker, William Fawcett as Elmer and Hal Smith as Reb Canfield.