The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams is a 1974 independent feature film produced by Charles E. Sellier Jr. and Raylan D. Jensen for Sunn Classic Pictures. The film's popularity led to an NBC television series of the same title. The title character, played by Dan Haggerty, was loosely based on California mountain man John "Grizzly" Adams (1812–1860).
Plot
The film portrays the somewhat fictional Grizzly Adams as a frontier woodsman who fled into the mountains in the year 1853, after he was accused of a murder he didn't commit. While struggling to survive, Adams saves an orphaned grizzly bear cub he adopts and names Ben. The bear, while growing to its huge adult size, becomes Adams' closest companion. Consistently kind and gentle, Adams discovers and demonstrates an uncanny ability to gain the trust of most of the indigenous wildlife of the region, and he helps, sometimes rescues, takes in and tames many species. Originally a hunter, with his learned affection for wildlife Adams resolves never to harm another animal whenever possible.
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More details
author | Lawrence Dobkin |
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director | Richard Friedenberg |
editor | George Stapleford |
genre | drama western |
keywords | bear cub end grizzly bear indigenous peoples of the americas kill mountain man native american orphan series finale struggle tv movie woodsman |
musicBy | Thom Pace |
producer | Charles E. Sellier Jr. Raylan D. Jensen |
productionCompany | Sunn Classic Pictures |
publisher | Sun International Sunn Classic Pictures |
theme | biographical independent |