Born Free
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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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3 films
Cast
13 people
Virginia McKenna
Joy Adamson
Known for
Sliding Doors
Waterloo
Bill Travers
George Adamson
Known for
Gorgo
Duel at Diablo
Geoffrey Keen
Kendall
Known for
The Spy Who Loved Me
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Peter Lukoye
Nuru
Also in
Born Free
Race for Survival
Omar Chambati
Makkede
No other roles listed
Bill Godden
Sam
No other roles listed
Robert S. Young
James
Also in
I'm All Right Jack
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Bryan Epsom
Baker
Also in
Woman and the Hunter
Geoffrey Best
Watson
Also in
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Robert Cheetham
Ken
No other roles listed
Surya Patel
Doctor
Elsa
Lion Cub/Lioness (uncredited)
James Hill Director · Lester Cole Screenplay Joy Adamson Author
Worldwide gross $3.6M · Budget $2M · United States release June 22, 1966
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,600,000
Gross vs. budget
1.8×
Production
High Road
Production
Open Road Films UK
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · March 14, 1966
Theatrical · London
United States · June 22, 1966
Theatrical
Hungary
May 29, 1969 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 12, 1966 · Theatrical
Italy
July 29, 1966 · Theatrical
Japan
March 26, 1966 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 22, 1966 · Theatrical
Spain
February 1, 1967 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 20, 1966 · Theatrical
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