Born to Be Wild

March. 31,1995      PG
Rating:
5.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Wil Horneff as  Rick Heller
Helen Shaver as  Margaret Heller
John C. McGinley as  Max Carr
Peter Boyle as  Gus Charnley
Gregory Itzin as  Walter Mallinson
Titus Welliver as  Sergeant Bo Markle
Thomas F. Wilson as  Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)
Marvin J. McIntyre as  Bob the Paramedic
Alan Ruck as  Dan Woodley
Janet Carroll as  Judge Billings

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