Born Free

Movie · Drama · Classics

The true story of Joy Adamson (Virginia McKenna) and her husband, George (Bill Travers), who adopt a slain lioness' cubs. One of the cubs Elsa, is raised to adulthood, but soon they are faced with their inability to keep an enormous, potentially dangerous lioness as a house pet so they set about teaching her techniques of hunting and surviving in the wilderness.

1966 · 1h 35m
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  • 6+

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Born Free

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The true story of Joy Adamson (Virginia McKenna) and her husband, George (Bill Travers), who adopt a slain lioness' cubs. One of the cubs Elsa, is raised to adulthood, but soon they are faced with their inability to keep an enormous, potentially dangerous lioness as a house pet so they set about teaching her techniques of hunting and surviving in the wilderness.

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Compelling classic nature story with some animal violence.

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Average 7
Reviews 16
Fresh 14
Rotten 2

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Studio
Open Road Films/Atlas Films
Released
1966
Run Time
1 hr 35 min
Rated
PG for some wild animal action and brief language.
Regions of Origin
United States, United Kingdom
© 1965 renewed 1993 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.