The Jungle Book (1967)

The Jungle is JUMPIN'!

The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.

Family Animation Adventure based on novel or book narration human animal relationship cartoon villain musical feral child coming of age anthropomorphism jungle orphan india

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Cast

Bruce ReithermanMowgli the Man Cub (voice)
Phil HarrisBaloo the Bear (voice)
Sebastian CabotBagheera the Panther (voice)
George SandersShere Khan the Tiger (voice)
Sterling HollowayKaa the Snake (voice)
Louis PrimaKing Louie of the Apes (voice)
J. Pat O'MalleyCol. Hathi the Elephant / Buzzie (voice)
Clint HowardJunior (voice)
Chad StuartDizzy (voice)
Lord Tim HudsonFlaps (voice)

Crew

Wolfgang ReithermanDirector
Rudyard KiplingNovel
George BrunsOriginal Music Composer
Tom AcostaEditor
Norman CarlisleEditor
Walt DisneyProducer

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