Born to Be Wild (1995)

  • PG
  • 03/31/1995 (US)
  • Drama, Family
  • 1h 40m

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

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.

John Gray

Director

John Bunzel

Screenplay

Paul Young

Screenplay, Story

Cast

Wil Horneff's headshot

Wil Horneff

Rick Heller
Helen Shaver's headshot

Helen Shaver

Margaret Heller
John C. McGinley's headshot

John C. McGinley

Max Carr
Jean Marie Barnwell's headshot

Jean Marie Barnwell

Lacey Carr
Peter Boyle's headshot

Peter Boyle

Gus Charnley
Gregory Itzin's headshot

Gregory Itzin

Walter Mallinson
Titus Welliver's headshot

Titus Welliver

Sergeant Bo Markle
Thomas F. Wilson's headshot

Thomas F. Wilson

Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)

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