A college professor gets into trouble when he tries to prove any animal can be domesticated, including an African lion.
Acting
Tony Randall's neurotic professor energy is perfectly calibrated chaos.
Practical Effects
Real lion on set! 1965 safety standards were... optimistic.
Director
Earl Bellamy
Tony Randall
Prof. Daniel Potter
Shirley Jones
Janice Claridge
Edward Andrews
Griswald
Howard Morris
Sweeney
Ernest Truex
Claridge
Jim Backus
Sergeant
Frank Faylen
Catfish
Celia Milius
Sally Brighton
Dick Sargent
Tommy
Adam Roarke
Bob Brighton
Whit Bissell
Dr. Braden
Jim Boles
Pete
Parley Baer
Police Captain
Connie Gilchrist
Maid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The lion was reportedly so gentle that crew members would nap near it between takes. 1965 was wild.
This was Shirley Jones's attempt to pivot away from her squeaky-clean Partridge Family image—by dating a man with a lion.
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