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Feature film — 1966

Born Free (1966)

6.81h 35mAdventure — Family — Drama — History

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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A high-signal pick with 136 votes.

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Director: James Hill

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Cast & crew

Virginia McKenna as Joy Adamson

Virginia McKenna

Joy Adamson

Bill Travers as George Adamson

Bill Travers

George Adamson

Geoffrey Keen as Kendall

Geoffrey Keen

Kendall

P

Peter Lukoye

Nuru

O

Omar Chambati

Makkede

B

Bill Godden

Sam

R

Robert S. Young

James

B

Bryan Epsom

Baker

G

Geoffrey Best

Watson

R

Robert Cheetham

Ken

S

Surya Patel

Doctor

E

Elsa

Lion Cub/Lioness (uncredited)

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