The Wild and the Free

The Wild and the Free is a 1980 American family adventure comedy television film directed by James Hill and starring Granville Van Dusen, Linda Gray, Frank Logan, Raymond Forchion, Sharon Anderson, and Bill Gribble. It was broadcast on CBS as The CBS Wednesday Night Movie on November 26, 1980.

Plot
Two animal researchers specializing in chimpanzees clash when one from a staid American university campus brings his bunch of laboratory household trained chimps into the wilds of Africa and meet the other researcher's wild chimps who is studying their behaviour in the wild. As good luck would have it, both groups of chimpanzees coalesce into a single group. This proves vital when both researchers and the chimpanzees have to stop the illegal activities of a wildlife poacher.

Cast

 * Granville Van Dusen as Raif
 * Linda Gray as Linda
 * Frank Logan as Serre
 * Raymond Forchion as Habibu
 * Sharon Anderson as Lakelea
 * Bill Gribble as Peter
 * Joan Murphy as Rose Bower
 * Bruce McLaughlin as Dean Anderson
 * Fred Buch as Palmer
 * Walter Zukovski as Walter O'Neill
 * Jack McDermott as Barton
 * Shelley Spurlock as Secretary
 * Kevan North as Kevin Bower
 * Sean Cunningham as 1st Boy
 * Teddy Milford as 2nd Boy
 * Bernard Ivey as 1st European
 * Rick Rhodes as 2nd European
 * Scott Earick as Poacher