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Born Free

1966, Movie, NR, 95 mins

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Shot on location in a pseudo-documentary style, this heartwarming true-story chronicles the efforts of Joy Adamson (Virginia McKenna) and her husband, George (Bill Travers), a game warden in Kenya, to adopt a slain lioness' cubs. One, Elsa, is raised to adulthood and becomes a primary fixture in the couple's life, until the Adamsons realize that it's nearly impossible to keep an enormous, potentially dangerous lioness as a house pet. Read the complete review for Born Free
Year: 1966
Rated NR

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Cast
Virginia McKenna: Joy Adamson
Bill Travers: George Adamson
Geoffrey Keen: Kendall
Peter Lukoye: Nuru
Omar Chambati: Makkede
Bill Godden: Sam

 

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