Top Billed 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)
Chad Stuart
Dizzy (voice)
Lord Tim Hudson
Flaps (voice)
John Abbott
Akela (voice)
Ben Wright
Rama (voice)
Darleen Carr
The Girl (voice)
Verna Felton
Winifred (voice)
Bill Lee
Shere Khan (singing) / Elephant Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Digby Wolfe
Ziggy (voice) (uncredited)
Hal Smith
Slob Elephant (uncredited)
Pete Henderson
Bandar-Log (voice) (uncredited)
Bill Skiles
Bandar-Log (voice) (uncredited)
Leo De Lyon
Flunky Monkey (voice) (uncredited)
Ralph Wright
Gloomy Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
James MacDonald
Shere Khan & Bagheera’s Roars (voice) (uncredited)

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A review by Kamurai

Written by Kamurai on Thu Jul 16 2020

Good watch, might watch again, and can recommend if you've seen any other version or are looking for a writing analysis. During a lot of the movie, I was kind of in nostalgia mode, remember things I saw / felt when I was a kid, just sort of enjoying the way back machine experience. It wasn't until almost the very last scene that it clicked how good the writing is in this. I know this is known for the excellent animation styling, the catchy tunes, and charming coming of age semantics, but this uses several strong formulas that have been used since Aesop's fables. And that's what made m...