TMDb Rating
6.1/10
41 verified votes
Cheetah (1989)
DramaFamily
83 min
Plot Summary
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.
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DramaFamilyJeff BlythKeith CooganLucy Deakins1989
Director
Jeff Blyth
Top Cast
Keith CooganLucy DeakinsTimothy LandfieldColin MothupiBreon Gorman
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