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5.5/10   27 votes
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Director:
John Trent
Writers:
Robert Maxwell (writer)
William Stevenson (novel)
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Release Date:
November 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama more
Tagline:
A true-to-life adventure as big as Africa itself.
Plot:
The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England... more | add synopsis
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Sweet personable story ... more

Cast

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Margaret Brooks ... Jackie

Louis Gossett Jr. ... Tembo
Donald Houston ... John Leeds
Laurence Naismith ... Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
Marne Maitland ... The Hadj
Geoffrey Bayldon ... Tilison

Jack Gwillim ... Ardsley
Noel Howlett ... Rev. Barlow
Tommy Ansah ... Policeman
Jumoke Debayo ... Bus Woman
Harold Goodwin ... Steward
Charles Hyatt ... Gideon
Willie Jonah ... Police Sergeant
Simon Lack ... First Officer
Victor Maddern ... Barman
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:U | USA:G

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Version of "Sougen no chiisana tenshi busshu beibii" (1992) more

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Sweet personable story ..., 25 August 2001
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Author: dwpollar from Bothell, Washington

The Bushbaby(1969) 1st watched 8/24/01 - 6 out of 10(Dir-John Trent): Sweet personable story about a young girl who stayed behind in Africa by accident tending to her pet bushbaby while her father leaves on a boat to London. Good side story with Lou Gossett as a friend who is accussed of kidnapping in the racist-filled South Africa before the local government took over. Much deeper than most kids movies w/ the cute bushbaby just kind of being a attention-getter for the young audience. Quick unsatisfying ending, but also has mesmerizing cinematography of African animal life.

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