Born to Be Wild
Released: March 31, 1995Runtime: 100 min
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.
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Wil Horneff
as Rick Heller
Ho Chin
as Kei Lik-Foo
Helen Shaver
as Margaret Heller
Farini Cheung
as Chiu Miu-Miu
Jean Marie Barnwell
as Lacey Carr
Nei Lee
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Frankie Lam
as Ching Chi-Gong
John C Mcginley
as Uncle Max Carr
Raven Choi
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Marvin J Mcintyre
as Bob the Paramedic
Kam San Leung
Peter Boyle
as Gus Charnley
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