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Born Free
“From The Pages Of The Beloved Best Seller... A Motion Picture To Delight All The World!”
6.8 / 10• 1966• 1h 35m•NR• English
AdventureFamilyDramaHistory
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Virginia McKenna
Joy Adamson
Lead
Bill Travers
George Adamson
Geoffrey Keen
Kendall
PL
Peter Lukoye
Nuru
OC
Omar Chambati
Makkede
BG
Bill Godden
Sam
RS
Robert S. Young
James
BE
Bryan Epsom
Baker
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. James Hill's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Born Free is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
