''Fluffy'' is a 1965 American comedy film written by Samuel Roeca, directed by

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, and starring

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and Shirley Jones (with an uncharacteristic brunette hairstyle). The storyline concerns a scientist's effort to prove that a wild animal (in this case, a lion named Fluffy) can be made into a pet with proper training.

Plot

Fluffy the lion is the main attraction in this comedy. He is the subject of an ambitious experiment done by Daniel Potter (

), a scientist trying to prove that even a wild animal like a lion can be made into a pet with proper training. Wherever he goes, Potter's ponderous pet incites mayhem among the region's fearful residents. To escape his panicky neighbors, Potter and Fluffy hide out in a hotel, where the owner's daughter ( Shirley Jones) falls for the unlikely duo while everyone else freezes or collapses in a panic. Our heroes find themselves on the run from the law when Fluffy is accused of eating someone. Can Potter stop the police before they shoot an innocent lion?

Cast

as Professor Daniel Potter * Shirley Jones as Janice Claridge * Edward Andrews as Griswald * Howard Morris as Sweeney * Ernest Truex as Mr. Claridge * Jim Backus as Sergeant * Frank Faylen as Catfish * Celia Kaye as Sally Brighton * Dick Sargent as Tommy *

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as Bob Brighton *

Whit Bissell Whitner Nutting Bissell (October 25, 1909 – March 5, 1996) was an American character actor. Early life Born in New York City, Bissell was the son of surgeon Dr. J. Dougal Bissell and Helen Nutting Bissell. He was educated at the Allen-S ...

as Dr. Braden *

Harriet MacGibbon Harriet MacGibbon (born Harriet E. McGibbon; October 5, 1905 – February 8, 1987) was an American film, stage and television actress best known for her role as the insufferably snobbish, "blue-blooded Bostonian" Mrs. Margaret Drysdale in ...

as Mrs. Claridge *

Jim Boles Jim Boles (February 28, 1914 – May 26, 1977) was an American actor. He appeared in the films ''The Tattooed Stranger'', '' The Man with My Face'', ''Naked in the Sun'', '' Fluffy'', '' The Ghost and Mr. Chicken'', '' The Trouble with Angels'', ...

as Pete * Parley Baer as Police Captain * Connie Gilchrist as Maid *

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as State Trooper *

Sammee Tong Sammee Tong (April 21, 1901 – October 27, 1964) was an American film and television character actor. One of Tong's more notable roles was that of Peter Tong on the sitcom '' Bachelor Father'', which aired on all three national networks fro ...

as Cook * Barry O'Hara as Fireman #2 * Sam Gilman as Policeman * Milton Frome as Tweedy Physicist * Doodles Weaver as Yokel

External links

* * 1965 films 1965 comedy films American comedy films 1960s French-language films Films about lions Films directed by Earl Bellamy Films set in Los Angeles Films shot in Kenya Universal Pictures films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub