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The Lion

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Original title

The Lion

Year

1962

Running time

96 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Jack Cardiff

Screenwriter

Grimes Grice, Louis Kamp, Joseph Kessel

Cast

Music

Malcolm Arnold

Cinematography

Edward Scaife

Producer

20th Century Fox

Genre

Adventure. Drama | Africa

Synopsis

Young Tina lives with her mother and stepfather on a wildlife reserve in Kenya. While her stepfather believes this is a wonderful environment for her to grow up in, her mother becomes increasingly concerned by her behaviour. These concerns are reinforced when it is revealed that her daughter's best friend in the whole world is a fully grown lion. Worried that her daughter may be turning into a savage, she sends for her former husband, Tina's biological father, in the hope that he can take her back to civilization (in this case rural Connecticut). But it seems as though Tina's mother wants something more than a civilized upbringing for her daughter.

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The Lion

1962

Jack Cardiff

5.2

(142)