Born Free Born Free Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood, and released her into the wilderness of Kenya. The film was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures. The screenplay, written by blacklisted Hollywood writer Lester Cole (under the pseudonym "Gerald L.C. Copley"), was based upon Joy Adamson's 1960 non-fiction book "Born Free". The film was directed by James Hill and produced by Sam Jaffe and Paul Radin. "Born Free", and its musical
Nick Murphy (footballer, born 1966) substituted for Stuart McKenzie during the game, which York went on to lose 3–2. Murphy did not make any league appearances for York before leaving the club in May 1986. He went on to play in non-League football for Tadcaster Albion and Magnets. Murphy died aged 31 in a car crash involving three vehicles on the A659 at Newton Kyme, North Yorkshire on 1 September 1998. Nick Murphy (footballer, born 1966) Nicholas John F. Murphy (22 October 1966 – 1 September 1998) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for York City, and