A saga about growing up, relationships and romantic love, THE LION is set in Africa with all the added visual benefits of the African landscape and animals.William Holden is divorced New York lawyer Robert Hayward, now unexpectedly in Kenya because his ex-wife Christine (Capucine) is having some problems with their eleven-year-old daughter, Tina (Pamela Franklin). Christine has remarried and her new husband, John Bullit, a former big-game hunter, now manages a large Kenyan animal preserve. Several circumstances pile up on top of each other after Robert arrives: first, he finds out his daughter has an almost obsessive relationship with a lion; next, he realizes he still loves his ex-wife; finally, he also knows that Christine's husband is not blind to the dynamics of this sudden romantic triangle.