The Lion (film)

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.^[1]

The film had its World Premiere at the Leicester Square Theatre in London's West End on 26 July 1962.^[2]

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.^[3] 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)^[4]

See also

• List of American films of 1962

References

External links

• The Lion at the Internet Movie Database
• The Lion at AllMovie
• The Lion at the TCM Movie Database
• The Lion at the American Film Institute Catalog