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.
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
Crew
John Gray
Director
John Bunzel
Screenplay
Paul Young
Screenplay, Story
Maryann Brandon
Editor
Donald M. Morgan
Director of Photography
Brian Reilly
Executive Producer
Jeffrey Silver
Producer
Susan E. Novick
Associate Producer
Tony Gardner
Associate Producer
Jennifer Graham Billings
Associate Producer
Roy Forge Smith
Production Design
Elizabeth Ziegler
Steadicam Operator
Glenn DiVincenzo
Steadicam Operator
Debi Manwiller
Casting
Lynda Foote
Costume Supervisor
Ingrid Ferrin
Costume Design
Noelle King
Art Department Coordinator
Leslie Shatz
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kim B. Christensen
Sound Effects Editor
Douglas Murray
Supervising Sound Editor
Marian Wallace
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Pritchett
Production Sound Mixer
Robbie Knott
Special Effects Coordinator
Mark Snow
Original Music Composer
Budd Carr
Music Supervisor
Lonnie Sill
Music Supervisor
Jeff Charbonneau
Music Editor
Richard Quinn
Dialogue Editor
Jan Pascale
Set Decoration
John Bramley
Still Photographer
Pam Fuller
Script Supervisor
Corey Michael Eubanks
Stunts
Joe Dunne
Stunt Coordinator
Sean Everett
Property Master
Larry Kaster
Gaffer
Laura J. Medina
Unit Production Manager
Gilbert Wong
Art Direction
Lolita Ritmanis
Orchestrator
