Sultan and the Rock Star (1980)
- Directed by
- Edward M. Abroms
- Genre
- adventure, drama, family, tv movie
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 56 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A boy rescues a mountain lion cub and raises it as a pet. When the animal grows up, the boy must decide between keeping it or setting it free in the wild.
slow-burnfamily-friendlynature-focusedmildly tensenostalgicsentimentalgentleadventurous
What happens
Sultan and the Rock Star (also known as The Hunter and the Rock Star) is a 1980 American made-for-television adventure drama film starring Timothy Hutton and based on the novel Sandy and the Rock Star by Walt Morey, with the major difference being the titular cat is a mountain lion and not a tiger. It was originally broadcast on NBC as an episode of Disney's Wonderful World on April 20, 1980. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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