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DirectorJames Hill
Runtime1h 35m · U
GenresAdventure · Drama · Family · History
Release1966-03-14
Film
Born Free
1966· U· 1h 35m· Adventure· Drama· Family· History
“From The Pages Of The Beloved Best Seller... A Motion Picture To Delight All The World!”
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.
1966-03-14
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Key Crew
DirectorJames Hill
ScreenplayLester Cole
ProducerPaul B. Radin
Director of PhotographyKenneth Talbot
Original Music ComposerJohn Barry
EditorDon Deacon
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Details
Released1966-03-14
Runtime1h 35m · U
StatusReleased
StudiosHigh Road · Open Road Films UK
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Rating6.8/10 · 130 votes
Original languageen
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