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Director
  
Jack Cardiff

Music director
  
Malcolm Arnold

Produced by
  
Samuel G. Engel

Country
  
United States

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure, Drama

Story by
  
Joseph Kessel

Duration
  

Language
  
English

The Lion (film) movie poster

Release date
  
26 July 1962 (World Premiere, London)

Based on
  
Le lion 1958 novel  by Joseph Kessel

Writer
  
Irene Kamp (screenplay), Louis Kamp (screenplay), Joseph Kessel (novel)

Cast
  
William Holden
(Robert Hayward),
Trevor Howard
(John Bullit),
Capucine
(Christine),
Pamela Franklin
(Tina)

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,
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,
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The Lion is a DeLuxe Color 1962 drama film in CinemaScope directed by Jack Cardiff, starring William Holden and Trevor Howard. Filmed on location in Kenya and Uganda and on a co-owned property of Holden in Kenya, the Mount Kenya Safari Club.

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The film had its World Premiere at the Leicester Square Theatre in London's West End on 26 July 1962.

Plot summary

Successful American lawyer Robert Hayward (William Holden) is in Kenya because his ex-wife Christine (Capucine) is having some problems with their eleven-year-old daughter Tina (Pamela Franklin), who has a great affinity with Africa, its customs and its wildlife. Tina spends much of her time in the company of the lion she raised from a cub. Christine has remarried and her new husband John Bullit (Trevor Howard), a former big-game hunter, now manages a large Kenyan animal preserve. Hayward and Bullit compete for the romantic affection of Christine and for the daughterly affection of Tina. The son of a local tribal chief sees Tina as a potential future wife, and his efforts to impress her prove to be disastrous.

Cast

  • William Holden as Robert Hayward
  • Trevor Howard as John Bullit
  • Capucine as Christine
  • Pamela Franklin as Tina
  • Christopher Agunda as Elder of Masai (uncredited)
  • Ralph Helfer as Masai Warrior (uncredited)
  • Paul Oduor as Orlunga (uncredited)
  • Makara Kwaiha Ramadhani as Bogo (uncredited)
  • Samuel Obiero Romboh as Kihero (uncredited)
  • Zakee as Ol' Kalu (uncredited)
  • and the lion Zamba as King / The Lion

    • Comic book adaption

  • Gold Key: The Lion (January 1963)

    • References

    The Lion (film) Wikipedia
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    The Lion (film) IMDb The Lion (film) themoviedb.org