

Born to Be Wild
Visit website5.4/10 • 37
1995-03-31 • 1h 40m
What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes.
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.
- Directors
- John Gray
- Editors
- Maryann Brandon

Born to Be Wild
Visit website1995-03-31 • 1h 40m
5.4/10 • 37
What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes.
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.
- Directors
- John Gray
- Editors
- Maryann Brandon
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsWil Horneff
Rick Heller
Helen Shaver
Margaret Heller
John C. McGinley
Max Carr
Jean Marie Barnwell
Lacey Carr
Peter Boyle
Gus Charnley
Leif Tilden
Katie The Gorilla
Gregory Itzin
Walter Mallinson
Titus Welliver
Sergeant Bo Markle
Thomas F. Wilson
Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)
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- Status
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- gorillasign languages