CinemaOSMovie · 1995 · 1h 40m · PG
Born to Be Wild

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

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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.

Directed byJohn Gray

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Language
EN
Released
March 31, 1995
Studios
Warner Bros. PicturesOutlaw Productions

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
John Gray
Written by
Paul Young
John Bunzel
Produced by
Jeffrey Silver
Jeffrey Silver

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