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    Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965)

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    Combining jungle adventures with slapstick comedy, Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion was an African safari for the whole family.

    At the start of the film, Dr Marsh Tracy, head of an animal behaviour research centre, travels to East Africa with his daughter Paula. While there, Dr Tracy captures a lion whose crossed eyes have made it impossible to hunt for food.

    The great cat turns out to be a real sweetie, and Paula adopts him as her own, naming him Clarence.

    Dr Tracy himself is also captured (well, his heart at least) by the lovely anthropologist Julie Harper, who is studying gorilla life.

    The human/animal foursome start to bond into an unorthodox family, but a band of mercenaries interrupts their happiness when they show up to poach the gorillas.

    Thankfully, Clarence is still a lion at heart, and the king of the jungle gets a chance to earn his keep in the family’s defence.

    Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion was only a modest success in cinemas, but the lion and his adopted family found a more welcome home on the small screen. The film served as the basis for the popular CBS television series, Daktari, which ran from 1966 to 1969.

    Dr Marsh Tracy
    Marshall Thompson
    Julie Harper

    Betsy Drake
    Rupert Rowbotham

    Richard Haydn
    Paula

    Cheryl Miller
    Carter

    Alan Caillou
    Juma

    Rockne Tarkington
    Gregory

    Maurice Marsac
    Sergeant

    Robert DoQui
    Husseini

    Albert Amos
    Dinny

    Dinny Powell
    Larson

    Mark Allen

    Director
    Andrew Marton

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