
The eponymous animal is a lion who has the misfortune to be engaged in research with Professor Daniel Potter (Tony Randall) who – by way of that research – falls in love with Janice Claridge (Shirley Jones).
We keep watching, hoping that Randall will rise above the script and that Jones will burst into song, but to no avail.
A waste of the two stars – and the lion.
Daniel Potter
Tony Randall
Janice Claridge
Shirley Jones
Griswald
Edward Andrews
Claridge
Ernest Truex
Sergeant
Jim Backus
Catfish
Frank Faylen
Sweeney
Howard Morris
Tommy
Dick Sargent
Director
Earl Bellamy