Released:
1989-08-18

Overview:
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to race it against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue the cheetah.

Director:
Jeff Blyth

Runtime:
1h 23min

Genre:
Drama, Family

• Cast:
• 
  Keith Coogan
  as
  Ted
• 
  Lucy Deakins
  as
  Susan
• 
  Timothy Landfield
  as
  Earl Johnson
• 
  Colin Mothupi
  as
  Morogo
• 
  Breon Gorman
  as
  Jean Johnson