Gentle Giant (1967)
The title character is a benign 7-foot-tall grizzly bear (perhaps all grizzlies are benign, but we're not about to get close enough to find out). Little Clint Howard befriends the bear, naming the beast Ben. Clint's wildlife-officer dad Dennis Weaver and mom Vera Miles have some trouble adjusting to the boy's new pet, but all ends happily after a lengthy sojourn in the Everglades. The best scenes involve ex-Bowery-Boy Huntz Hall, here playing a grizzled old swamp tramp. The upshot of Gentle Giant's success was the TV series Gentle Ben, which also starred Howard and Weaver and which ran from 1967 through 1969. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dennis Weaver, Vera Miles, (more)
- Director(s):
- James Neilson
Synopsis of Gentle Giant
The title character is a benign 7-foot-tall grizzly bear (perhaps all grizzlies are benign, but we're not about to get close enough to find out). Little Clint Howard befriends the bear, naming the beast Ben. Clint's wildlife-officer dad Dennis Weaver and mom Vera Miles have some trouble adjusting to the boy's new pet, but all ends happily after a lengthy sojourn in the Everglades. The best scenes involve ex-Bowery-Boy Huntz Hall, here playing a grizzled old swamp tramp. The upshot of Gentle Giant's success was the TV series Gentle Ben, which also starred Howard and Weaver and which ran from 1967 through 1969. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Gentle Giant
- Dennis Weaver - Tom Wedloe
- Ralph Meeker - Fog Hanson
- Huntz Hall - Dink
- Rance Howard - Tater
- Robertson White - Swenson
- Ben the Bear
- Alfred Metz - First Fisherman
- Jerry Newby - First Townsman
- Vera Miles - Ellen Wedloc
- Clint Howard - Mark Wedloe
- Charles Martin - Mike
- Frank Schuller - Charlie
- Ric O'Feldman - Mate
- Frank Logan - Second Townsman
- James Piddle - Skipper
- Levirne de Bord - Second Fisherman
- Director(s):
- James Neilson
- Writer(s):
- Edward J. Lasko, Andy White
- Producer(s):
- Ivan Tors
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