Born Free

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Born Free ★★★ 1966

The touching story of a game warden in Kenya and his wife raising Elsa the orphaned lion cub. When the cub reaches maturity, they work to return her to life in the wild. Great family entertainment based on Joy Adamson's book. Theme song became a hit. ♫Born Free. 95m/C VHS, DVD . Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers; D: James Hill; W: Lester Cole; M: John Barry. Oscars '66: Song (“Born Free”), Orig. Score.