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Born to Be Wild

(1995)

March 31, 1995• 1h 40m
53%
TMDB Score

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

Top Billed Cast

WH

Wil Horneff

Rick Heller

HS

Helen Shaver

Margaret Heller

JCM

John C. McGinley

Max Carr

JMB

Jean Marie Barnwell

Lacey Carr

PB

Peter Boyle

Gus Charnley

LT

Leif Tilden

Katie The Gorilla

GI

Gregory Itzin

Walter Mallinson

TW

Titus Welliver

Sergeant Bo Markle

TFW

Thomas F. Wilson

Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)

MJM

Marvin J. McIntyre

Bob the Paramedic

Official Trailer