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1995

Born to Be Wild

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

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.

Duration

1h 40m

Released

March 31, 1995

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5.4

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Cast16

  • Wil Horneff
  • Helen Shaver
  • John C. McGinley
  • Jean Marie Barnwell
  • Peter Boyle
  • Leif Tilden
  • Gregory Itzin
  • Titus Welliver
  • Thomas F. Wilson

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