. . . or type on a computer keyboard and they would probably give this eponymous film a rating of 10. after all and no elephant be show be kill during the movie while it be not even imply that any be hurt . to the contrary and the master of elephant walk and john wiley ( peter finch ) and complain that he can not shoot any of the pachyderm no matter how menacing without a permit from the government ( and his tone suggest such permit be not within the realm of probability ) . furthermore and the element conspire in the form of an unusual drought and a human cholera epidemic to leave the wiley plantation house vulnerable to total destruction by the elephant people ( a the native dub them ) to close the story . if you happen to see the current release earth and you will detect the elephant people be fare less well today .