Traces the adaptation, production challenges, broadcast success, and media legacy of the 1975 television film.
The film originates from Victor Canning's 1972 novel. Screenwriter John McGreevey adapts the story for television.
Filming utilizes specialized animals like Spot and Clyde. The final cut is reduced from two hours to ninety minutes.
The movie premieres on CBS in April 1975. It becomes the most viewed primetime program for its debut week.
The film transitions to physical media decades later. It secures a place in television history through its VHS release.
A story about a teenage boy who runs away from his foster home after wrongly being accused of theft and soon crosses paths with a young leopard which has escaped from a wild-animal compound during a lightning storm.
Harry Harris
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