Top billed cast

1. 

   Bruce Reitherman

   Mowgli the Man Cub (voice)

2. 

   Phil Harris

   Baloo the Bear (voice)

3. 

   Sebastian Cabot

   Bagheera the Panther (voice)

4. 

   George Sanders

   Shere Khan the Tiger (voice)

5. 

   Sterling Holloway

   Kaa the Snake (voice)

6. 

   Louis Prima

   King Louie of the Apes (voice)

7. 

   J. Pat O'Malley

   Col. Hathi the Elephant / Buzzie (voice)

8. 

   Clint Howard

   Junior (voice)

9. 

   Chad Stuart

   Dizzy (voice)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-09-05

This has probably the most perfect balance of story and soundtrack of any film I've ever seen - animated or otherwise. Adapting Rudyard Kipling's tale of "Mowgli" the child abandoned in the Indian jungle, but rescued and raised by a family of wolves. "Bagheera", the sagacious panther realises as the boy starts to grow to manhood, that he ought to return to his own kind but "Baloo", the avuncular bear thinks otherwise and so takes our young man-cub on some fun adventures in the jungle - including some near-misses with the wonderfully menacing, sardonic tiger "Shere Khan" and "Kaa" the hypnotic ...read the rest

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7. A Tooth Fairy Tale85%
8. Dog Man74%
9. Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure59%
10. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh72%
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14. Alice in Wonderland72%
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,000,000.00

Revenue
$378,000,000.00

Keywords

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