The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974)
- 1974
- ·G
- ·93 min
After fleeing into the mountains after he is wrongly accused of murder, woodsman Grizzly Adams discovers an uncanny bond to the indigenous wildlife of the region after rescuing an orphaned grizzly bear cub whom he adopts and calls Ben.
- Actors
- Dan Haggerty·Don Shanks·Lisa Jones·Marjorie Harper
- Directed by
- Richard Friedenberg
- Genre
- Adventure·Family·Western
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Director
- Richard Friedenberg
The one thing that bothered me about this show was racoons, skunks, and foxes coming up to the characters during the day. If that happened in real life, you better be arming yourself because they're rabid.
Saw it when I was 11 or 12 in a Montreal movie house. Was in well dubbed French version (Quebec dubbing with late French actor Leo Ilial doing the voice of Mr.
They don't make films like this anymore, sadly, since it presents such a thoughtful and gentle view of living in harmony in the wild with animals that it no doubt is called "corny" by modern cynics that are far too jaded by our coarse modern culture.Dan Haggerty debuts as James "Grizzly" Adams, and is perfect casting, though it is a shame that the narration doesn't allow him to speak very much!
