Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)

Angered at stern Uncle Daniel Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus where he soon befriends Mr Stubbs the frisky chimpanzee However the circus isnt all fun and games when the evil candy vendor Harry Tupper convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel dont love him or want him back Toby resigns himself to circus life but when he finally realizes that Tupper lied to him and that his aunt and uncle truly love him Toby happily returns home once again