Overview
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.
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Crew
DirectorJohn Gray
WriterPaul Young, John Bunzel
Cast
Wil Horneff
Rick Heller
Helen Shaver
Margaret Heller
John C. McGinley
Max Carr
Jean Marie Barnwell
Lacey Carr
Peter Boyle
Gus Charnley
Leif Tilden
Katie The Gorilla
Gregory Itzin
Walter Mallinson
Titus Welliver
Sergeant Bo Markle
Thomas F. Wilson
Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)
Marvin J. McIntyre
Bob the Paramedic
Alan Ruck
Dan Woodley
Janet Carroll
Judge Billings
John Procaccino
Ed Price
Obba Babatundé
Interpreter
David Wingert
Gary James
John Pleshette
Donald Carr
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Keywords
gorillasign languages
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026