Born Free

Story

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Tom McGowan, James Hill

Writers

Joy Adamson, Don Black, Lester Cole

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom, United States of America

Release date

14 March 1966

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Virginia McKenna

  Joy Adamson

• 

  Bill Travers

  George Adamson

• 

  Geoffrey Keen

  Kendall

• Peter Lukoye

  Nuru

• Omar Chambati

  Makkede

• Bill Godden

  Sam

• Robert S. Young

  James

• Bryan Epsom

  Baker

• Geoffrey Best

  Watson

• Robert Cheetham

  Ken

• Surya Patel

  Doctor

• Elsa

  Lion Cub/Lioness (uncredited)