The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
based on novel or book
narration
human animal relationship
cartoon
villain
musical
feral child
coming of age
anthropomorphism
jungle
orphan
india
animal lead
Rank
#25 in 1967·#3668 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Bruce Reitherman
Mowgli the Man Cub (voice)
Phil Harris
Baloo the Bear (voice)
Sebastian Cabot
Bagheera the Panther (voice)
George Sanders
Shere Khan the Tiger (voice)
Sterling Holloway
Kaa the Snake (voice)
Louis Prima
King Louie of the Apes (voice)
J. Pat O'Malley
Col. Hathi the Elephant / Buzzie (voice)
Clint Howard
Junior (voice)
John Abbott
Akela (voice)
Ben Wright
Rama (voice)
Darleen Carr
The Girl (voice)
Verna Felton
Winifred (voice)
Crew
Wolfgang Reitherman
Director
George Bruns
Original Music Composer
Walt Disney
Producer
Ken Anderson
Story
Rudyard Kipling
Novel
Vance Gerry
Story
Milt Kahl
Animation Director
Frank Armitage
Background Designer
Robert B. Sherman
Songs
Frank Thomas
Animation Director
Ollie Johnston
Animation Director
John Lounsbery
Animation Director
Popular Reviews
2552 reviews
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10.0★ · 11/10/17
the friendly vultures that should have been voiced by the beatles are easily the best part of this filmé
the friendly vultures that should have been voiced by the beatles are easily the best part of this filmé
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Emily
8.7★ · 05/02/26
I wanted to be raised in the jungle so freaking bad man
I wanted to be raised in the jungle so freaking bad man
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IZTLPRO
9.0★ · 05/24/26
If they didn’t do Shere Khan badly, this would be one of the best films ever
If they didn’t do Shere Khan badly, this would be one of the best films ever
