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A Balasaur Score of 55 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 43%. Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,307 1980s drama movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 23m. Streaming on Disney+.
Synopsis
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to race it against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue the cheetah.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
46 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeff BlythDirector
Cast
- Keith CooganTed
- Lucy DeakinsSusan
- Timothy LandfieldEarl Johnson
- Colin MothupiMorogo
- Breon GormanJean Johnson
- Ka VundlaKipoin
- Lydia KigadaLani
- Kuldeep BhakooPatel
- Michael RogersRacetrack Policeman (voice)
Stills
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Themes
africahuman animal relationshiprhinocerospoacherkenyacheetah