Napoleon and Samantha (1972)

Storyline

11-year old Napoleon lives with his grandfather. He has a good friend who is a clown at a circus. When the clown returns to Europe, Napoleon takes care of lion Major. But the grandfather dies and Napoleon runs off with the lion and his friend Samantha. Napoleon and Samantha, the 1972 Bernard McEveety Walt Disney family circus feline cat lion adventure melodrama (“Two runaways and a guardian lion – lost in the wilderness… An incredible adventure!”; “Written by Stewart Raffill”; about two little kids who run away from home with a lion) starring Michael Douglas (very young in this role!), Will Geer (best remembered as “Grandpa” on TV’s “The Waltons”), Johnny Whitaker, Jodie Foster (in her very first role!), and Major the lion