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Young Tom and his misfit friends fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air raid bombings of Belfast in 1941.
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Art Parkinson
Tom Hall
Emily Flain
Jane Berry
Toby Jones
Security Guard Charlie
Ian O'Reilly
Pete
Ian McElhinney
Mr. Shawcross
Penelope Wilton
Denise Austin
James Stockdale
Mickey
Damian O'Hare
George Hall
Amy Huberman
Emily Hall
Stephen Hagan
Jake
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