Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar (1967)

Directed by

Winston Hibler, Rex Allen

Genre

adventure, family

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

G

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lumberjack adopts an orphaned cougar cub and raises it in the Pacific Northwest wilderness. The cougar grows up and gets into mischievous adventures before returning to the wild.

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What happens

Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar is a 1967 American adventure drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Winston Hibler. Originally released on October 18, 1967 as part of a double bill with The Jungle Book, it was filmed partially at the Weyerhauser Mill in Enumclaw, Washington and partially on the North Fork of the Clearwater River in North Central Idaho, recording one of the last river log drives to occur in the United States. Four cougars were used in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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