Movie

Born Free

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★ 6.8(130)19661h 35m

Born Free is available to rent or buy on Amazon Video in Mexico. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 13 June 2026.

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Director: James Hill, Tom McGowan
Release date: 1966-03-14
Runtime: 1h 35m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: High Road
Part of: Born Free Collection

Born Free — trailer

About Born Free

Born Free is a 1966 movie in the Adventure, Family and Drama genres, directed by James Hill and Tom McGowan, starring Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers and Geoffrey Keen. It has a runtime of 1 hour 35 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.8/10 from 130 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Born Free in Mexico — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

Cast

Virginia McKenna

Joy Adamson

Bill Travers

George Adamson

Geoffrey Keen

Kendall

Peter Lukoye

Nuru

Omar Chambati

Makkede

Bill Godden

Sam

Robert S. Young

James

Bryan Epsom

Baker

Geoffrey Best

Watson

Robert Cheetham

Ken

Surya Patel

Doctor

Elsa

Lion Cub/Lioness (uncredited)

Themes & keywords

parent child relationshipfreedomlionanimal attackriflegame wardenlionesskenyalion cubanimal rightswarthogwildlifebased on memoir or autobiographyanimalsnature