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The Bears and I (1974)

G 07/31/1974 Adventure, Drama, Family 1h 29m
63%
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6.1/10

To find himself, he lost himself in adventurous high country!

Overview

When a man adopts three black bear cubs, he faces one of the hardest decisions of his life. Set in the wilderness of British Columbia, Canada, Robert Leslie struggles to keep his bears safe and maintain relations with native Americans and park rangers.

Bernard McEveety

Director

Top Billed Cast

Patrick Wayne

Patrick Wayne

Bob Leslie

Chief Dan George

Chief Dan George

Chief Peter A-Tas-Ka-Nay

Andrew Duggan

Andrew Duggan

Commissioner Gaines

Michael Ansara

Michael Ansara

Oliver Red Fern

Robert Pine

Robert Pine

John McCaten

Valentin de Vargas

Valentin de Vargas

Sam Eagle Speaker

Hal Baylor

Hal Baylor

Foremen

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Media

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Reviews

A review by r96sk

Written on August 21, 2020

Fails to hit the right notes.

<em>'The Bears and I'</em> holds a storyline that we've basically seen before with these Disney animal-filled films, so there's nothing fresh or majorly interesting there. Likewise with the animals themselves, it's the studio's second release in four years that is about bears; see: <em>'King of the Grizzlies'</em>. This one has a secondary plot involving Whites and Native Americans, another thing we've already seen numerous times.

Cast-wise it's alright, with Patrick Wayne leading as Bob. Chief Dan George (Peter) and Michael Ansara (Oliver) are OK, though Valentin de Vargas' character of Sam is ill-written. These type of productions always tend to be rather light with the human cast anyway.

The animals are cute and the overall message with them is pos...

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