Born Free

Born Free

From The Pages Of The Beloved Best Seller... A Motion Picture To Delight All The World!

Part of Born Free Collection

1966•1h 35m•6.8/10

AdventureFamilyDramaHistory

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6.8/10(128)

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

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Production

High Road, Open Road Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna

Joy Adamson

Bill Travers

Bill Travers

George Adamson

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Kendall

Peter Lukoye

Nuru

Omar Chambati

Makkede

Bill Godden

Sam

Robert S. Young

James

Bryan Epsom

Baker

Geoffrey Best

Watson

Robert Cheetham

Ken

Surya Patel

Doctor

Elsa

Lion Cub/Lioness (uncredited)

Pati

Rock Hyrax (uncredited)

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