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Release Date:
August 19, 1962
Original Title:
The Lion
Genres:
Adventure | Drama
Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12
Runtime: 96
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.
Art Direction:
Alan Withy
Assistant Art Director:
John Hoesli
Assistant Director:
Ted Sturgis
Associate Producer:
Cecil F. Ford
Camera Operator:
Jack Atcheler
Conductor:
Malcolm Arnold
Construction Manager:
Dick Frift
Harry Arbour
Continuity:
Connie Willis
Angela Martelli
Director:
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography:
Edward Scaife
Editor:
Russell Lloyd
Hairdresser:
Joan Smallwood
Makeup Supervisor:
George Frost
Music:
Malcolm Arnold
Novel:
Joseph Kessel
Producer:
Samuel G. Engel
Production Manager:
David W. Orton
Screenplay:
Louis Kamp
Irene Kamp
Sound Editor:
Norman Savage
Sound Recordist:
David Hildyard
Gordon K. McCallum
Wardrobe Supervisor:
Brian Owen-Smith
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