Born to Be Wild (1995)

03/31/1995 (US) • 1h 40m

Drama, Family

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.

Top Billed Cast

Wil Horneff

Rick Heller

Helen Shaver

Margaret Heller

Peter Boyle

Gus Charnley

Leif Tilden

Katie The Gorilla

Gregory Itzin

Walter Mallinson

Titus Welliver

Sergeant Bo Markle

Thomas F. Wilson

Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

gorilla

sign languages

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