Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild

100 mins | Drama, Family | March 31, 1995

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.

Born to Be Wild

100 mins | Drama, Family | March 31, 1995

Born to Be Wild
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.
IMDb rating 5.1
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Outlaw Productions (I)
Original title Born to Be Wild
Directors Pam Fuller, John Gray
Writers John Bunzel, Paul Young

Cast

Wil Horneff

as Rick Heller

Helen Shaver

as Margaret Heller

John C. McGinley

as Max Carr

Jean Marie Barnwell

as Lacey Carr

Peter Boyle

as Gus Charnley

Gregory Itzin

as Walter Mallinson

Titus Welliver

as Sergeant Bo Markle

Thomas F. Wilson

as Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)

Marvin J. McIntyre

as Bob the Paramedic

Alan Ruck

as Dan Woodley

Janet Carroll

as Judge Billings

John Procaccino

as Ed Price

Obba Babatundé

as Interpreter

David Wingert

as Gary James

John Pleshette

as Donald Carr