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Gentle Giant is a 1967 American drama film about a young boy's friendship with an American black bear, based on the 1965 book Gentle Ben by Walt Morey. It was produced by Ivan Tors, directed by James Neilson and written by Edward J. Lakso and Andy White.
Gentle Giant: Directed by James Neilson. With Dennis Weaver, Vera Miles, Ralph Meeker, Clint Howard. A young boy befriends an orphaned cub and raises him to adult-bearhood.
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- Drama, Family
- James Neilson
- 1967-10-25
Synopsis. After he befriends a bear cub on a Florida game reserve, young Mark Wedloe watches in horror as three fishermen led by Fog Hanson kill the animal's mother and take the cub captive.
- James Neilson, Buddy Nadler
- Dennis Weaver
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Gentle Giant is a 1967 American drama film about a young boy's friendship with an American black bear, based on the 1965 book Gentle Ben by Walt Morey. It was produced by Ivan Tors, directed by James Neilson and written by Edward J. Lakso and Andy White.
Based on Walt Morey’s novel Gentle Ben — also the title of the film’s television spinoff — this family drama set in the Florida Everglades follows the adventures of 7-year-old Mark Wedlow and his oversized pet, a grizzly bear named Ben.