In the Northern province of Kenya, British Game Warden George Adamson is forced to kill a man-eating lion and his lioness. He realises too late that the lioness was charging in defence of her three cubs and so, realising … 展开

• Virginia McKenna as Joy Adamson
• Bill Travers as George Adamson
• Geoffrey Keen as John Kendall
• Peter Lukoye as Nuru 展开

The film reunited the real-life couple Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna as a couple first seen together in The Smallest Show on Earth in 1957.
George Adamson served as chief technical advisor on the film and discusses his involvement in his … 展开

Born Free received critical acclaim. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 88% of 17 film critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.1 out of 10.
Vincent Canby waxed enthusiastic about the film, writing in 展开

The book Born Free (1960) was followed by two other books, Living Free (1961) and Forever Free (1963). A film sequel titled Living Free was directed by Jack Couffer and released in 1972. While deriving its name from the second book, the film was based on … 展开

• Christian the lion 展开

• Born Free website for the Born Free Foundation
• Born Free at IMDb
• Born Free at the TCM Movie Database
• Born Free at the AFI Catalog of … 展开