Born to Be Wild
What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes.
1995 · 1h 40m · PG
Drama, Family
Directed by
John Gray
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Born to Be Wild
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- John Gray Director
- Wil Horneff as Rick Heller
- Helen Shaver as Margaret Heller
- John C. McGinley as Max Carr
- Jean Marie Barnwell as Lacey Carr
- Peter Boyle as Gus Charnley
- Leif Tilden as Katie The Gorilla
- Gregory Itzin as Walter Mallinson
- Titus Welliver as Sergeant Bo Markle
- Thomas F. Wilson as Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)
- Marvin J. McIntyre as Bob the Paramedic
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