Born Free (1966)

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Directed by

Tom McGowan

James Hill

Starring (View all)

Virginia McKenna
Joy Adamson

Bill Travers
George Adamson

Geoffrey Keen
Kendall

Peter Lukoye
Nuru

Omar Chambati
Makkede

Bill Godden
Sam

Bryan Epsom
Baker

Robert Cheetham
Ken

Written by

Lester Cole

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5 years, 5 months ago at Aug 24 22:59

fernando

Elsa, the lioness, makes the film, the theme and the point. At least, the film pioneers in the trainign of animals to go wild again, and there´s the idea of friendship above the idea of having a pet

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Joy Adamson and her husband, Kenya game warden George Adamson, raise Elsa, a lion cub. When Elsa approaches maturity, Joy determines she must re-educate Elsa to living in the wild so that the lioness can return to a free life.

UPC: 043396077515

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" Director: James Hill His 7th Movie My 1st movie watched from the director The music and song is famous and I thought my youngest would enjoy a story about lions, so I finally gave in and watched. The settings are pretty impressive and the work with lions must be, too. I just couldn't help but worry about the stress they put on them during production. Anyway, the story was fine but most everything else was average, especially the acting - though Virginia McKenna certainly has some affable"

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“Elsa, the lioness, makes the film, the theme and the point. At least, the film pioneers in the trainign of animals to go wild again, and there´s the idea of friendship above the idea of having a pet” read more