Movie: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

Top 5 Billed Cast

Dan Haggerty
Dan Haggerty

James Capen "Grizzly" Adams

Don Shanks
Don Shanks

Nakoma

Marjorie Harper
Marjorie Harper

Adult Peg

Lisa Jones
Lisa Jones

Young Peg

William Woodson
William Woodson

Narrator

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    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".

  • Release Date

    1974-11-13

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    6.283

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
  • Tagline

    The true story of a man exiled in the wilderness and how he learns to survive

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    English
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