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Born to Be Wild

5.319951h 40mPGMovieDramaFamily

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…

DirectorJohn Gray
WritersPaul Young·John Bunzel
ProducersJeffrey Silver·Brian Reilly

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Cast · Directed by John Gray

WHWil Horneff
Wil Horneff
Rick Heller
HSHelen Shaver
Helen Shaver
Margaret Heller
JMJohn C. McGinley
John C. McGinley
Max Carr
JB
Jean Marie Barnwell
Lacey Carr
PBPeter Boyle
Peter Boyle
Gus Charnley
LTLeif Tilden
Leif Tilden
Katie The Gorilla
GIGregory Itzin
Gregory Itzin
Walter Mallinson
TWTitus Welliver
Titus Welliver
Sergeant Bo Markle
TWThomas F. Wilson
Thomas F. Wilson
Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)
MM
Marvin J. McIntyre
Bob the Paramedic
ARAlan Ruck
Alan Ruck
Dan Woodley
JCJanet Carroll
Janet Carroll
Judge Billings

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Born to Be Wild is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and YouTube Free in United States, and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video and Apple TV Store. It's not currently on Netflix.

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Born to Be Wild is available to stream free (with ads) on YouTube Free in United States.