The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
133 audience votes
Key crew
- James HillDirector
- Lester ColeScreenplay
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Virginia McKennaJoy Adamson
- Bill TraversGeorge Adamson
- Geoffrey KeenKendall
- Peter LukoyeNuru
- Omar ChambatiMakkede
- Bill GoddenSam
- Robert S. YoungJames
- Bryan EpsomBaker
- Geoffrey BestWatson
- Robert CheethamKen
- Surya PatelDoctor
- ElsaLion Cub/Lioness (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
parent child relationshipfreedomlionanimal attackriflegame wardenlionesskenyalion cubanimal rightswarthogwildlife