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Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild
★ 5.3/10•1995•1h 40m•PG•Drama•Family

What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes.

Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.

John Gray · Director

Paul Young · Screenplay

John Bunzel · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageEN
Release DateMar 31, 1995

Actors

Wil Horneff

Wil Horneff

Rick Heller

Helen Shaver

Helen Shaver

Margaret Heller

John C. McGinley

John C. McGinley

Max Carr

Jean Marie Barnwell

Lacey Carr

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

Gus Charnley

Leif Tilden

Leif Tilden

Katie The Gorilla

Gregory Itzin

Gregory Itzin

Walter Mallinson

Titus Welliver

Titus Welliver

Sergeant Bo Markle

Thomas F. Wilson

Thomas F. Wilson

Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)

Marvin J. McIntyre

Bob the Paramedic

Alan Ruck

Alan Ruck

Dan Woodley

Janet Carroll

Janet Carroll

Judge Billings

John Procaccino

John Procaccino

Ed Price

Obba Babatundé

Obba Babatundé

Interpreter

David Wingert

Gary James

John Pleshette

John Pleshette

Donald Carr

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