Born Free was a great family film with both adorable and ferocious animals in the film based on a true story, you would think it wouldn't need a sequel, but one was made. Basically the beginning of the film reminds of the vents from the previous adventure, where naturalist Joy Adamson (Susan Hampshire) and husband George (Nigel Davenport, Jack's father) cared for three lion cubs, letting go two to go to a zoo, but caring for Elsa until big enough to be let loose in the wild. Time has passed, and adult lioness Elsa has found herself a mate and given birth to a bred of three new lion cubs, Jespah, Gopa and Little Elsa. Sadly, Elsa becomes very sick and dies, leaving behind her helpless cubs, so Joy and George take care of them until they too are grown up, which concerns their friend Kendall (James Bond's Geoffrey Keen). The cubs do indeed grow up, but Kendall says that they are in danger of both the poachers, but also they are in a game preserve owned by the not happy Warden Weaver (Edward Judd). After seeing them learn to hunt and kill for themselves, and enjoying their occasional company, Joy and George know that they must take action to ensure the lions are captured and taken away to another wild habitat. Many attempts to catch the three lions in the large cage boxes fail, with the lions fidgeting and not going in, and a near catch going wrong, but they are eventually caught. In the end Jespah, Gopa and Little Elsa are indeed caught just before it's too late, and they are released into their new wild world. Also starring Peter Lukoye as Nuru, Shane De Louvres as Makedde and Robert Beaumont as Billy Collins. I don't know why the fantastic performers Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers declined to be in the sequel, maybe they read the script following almost exactly the same thing all over again. Hampshire and Davenport are alright but not as good, and the lions are still cute, cuddly and ferocious looking, but the title song isn't as memorable as Matt Monro's, and it is just a rehash, but not a completely terrible wildlife adventure. It was nominated the Golden Globe for Best English-Language Foreign Film. Okay!
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