The Flight of the Grey Wolf (1976)

Directed by

Frank Zuniga

Genre

adventure, drama, family, tv movie

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy forms a bond with a white wolf in the wilderness. The story follows their encounters as the wolf faces dangers from hunters.

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What happens

The Flight of the Grey Wolf was a 1976 television film produced by Walt Disney Productions, and broadcast in two parts on The Wonderful World of Disney, the first part airing on May 14, 1976. The film was directed by Frank Zuniga, and stars Jeff East, Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, and William Bryant. It was based on the 1970 book "Flight of the White Wolf" by Mel Ellis. In July 1975 Disney announced that the film would be part of its 1975-1976 line-up on The Wonderful World of Disney. It was to be one of two longer films which were to be broken down into two parts and be shown on back-to-back Sundays, the other being The Boy Who Talked to Badgers. The first part of the film aired on Sunday, March 14, 1976, opposite The Wizard of Oz, which was airing on CBS. The second part aired the following Sunday, March 21. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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