
At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

as Joy Adamson

as George Adamson

as Kendall

as Nuru

as Makkede

as Sam

as James

as Baker

as Watson

as Ken

as Doctor

as Lion Cub/Lioness (uncredited)

as Rock Hyrax (uncredited)