Cheetah (film)

Cheetah
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jeff Blyth
Produced by	Roy E. Disney Laurenece Mark John Baldecchi (co-producer)
Written by	Erik Tarloff Alan Caillou (novel)
Starring	Keith Coogan Lucy Deakins
Music by	Bruce Rowland
Cinematography	Thomas Burstyn
Editing by	Eric Albertson
Studio	Walt Disney Pictures Silver Screen Partners III
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s)	August 18, 1989 (1989-08-18)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 million
Box office	$8,153,677 (United States)

Cheetah is a 1989 live-action film from Walt Disney Pictures starring Keith Coogan and Lucy Deakins. This motion picture was based on Alan Caillou's novel The Cheetahs. It was shot in Nairobi, Kenya.

Plot summary

An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents, adopt a female cheetah they call Duma, 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.

Cast

• Keith Coogan as Ted
• Lucy Deakins as Susan
• Timothy Landfield as Earl Johnson
• Colin Mothupi as Morogo
• Breon Gorman as Jean Johnson
• Mhlangabezi Ka Vundla as Kipoin
• Lydia Kigada as Lani
• Kuldeep Bhakoo as Patel
• Paul Onsongo as Abdallah
• Anthony Baird as Nigel
• Rory McGuinness as Larry
• Rod Jacobsen as David
• David Adido as Mwangi
• Richard Clarke as Announcer (voice)
• Michael Rogers as Voice of Racetrack Policeman

External links

• Cheetah at the Internet Movie Database
• Cheetah at AllRovi

See also

• African Cats
• Duma
• The Lion King
• A Far Off Place
• In Desert and Wilderness