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Fearless Fagan: Directed by Stanley Donen. With Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn, Richard Anderson. A man brings his devoted pet with him when he is drafted into the army.
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- Comedy
- Stanley Donen
- 1952-08-15
Fearless Fagan. Fearless Fagan is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and stars Janet Leigh and Carleton Carpenter. It is about a clown who is drafted into the military and tries to sneak his pet lion into the service. [2] The film was inspired by the 12 Feb 1951 Life Magazine story Fearless Fagan Finds a Home where Private ...
Sep 19, 2013 · Yet a stand-in lion named Jackie was actually used for some scenes in "Fearless." Jackie was awarded the top honor at the American Humane Association's 1953 PATSY Awards . MGM Studio's Sidney Franklin Jr. with Fagan the lion in 1951.
- James Gerken
An article in the February 12, 1951 issue of Life magazine titled "Fearless Fagan Finds a Home" first told the tale of Fagan the lion and his owner PFC Floyd C. Humeston. . The next year, a film version entitled Fearless Fagan (1952), presented the real life story: Humeston (who in the film becomes Pvt. Hilston) raised Fagan from a cub, trained him to be gentle and eventually got Fagan work in ...
- Stanley Donen, Robert Saunders, Adolph Zimmer
- Janet Leigh
Rent Fearless Fagan on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. An Army inductee (Carleton Carpenter) brings his pet lion with him and tells his sergeant (Keenan Wynn) and a singer (Janet Leigh) why.
- Stanley Donen
- Comedy
- Janet Leigh
Happy 95th birthday to that most delightful of gentlemen, Carleton Carpenter! There's almost no plot to speak of in Fearless Fagan, which was one of the earliest films solo-directed by Stanley Donen (released the same year that he co-directed Singin' in the Rain) and is based on a true story, but here goes: circus performer Floyd Hilston (Carpenter) is drafted and doesn't have the heart to ...
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The unbreakable bond between a young man and his pet lion provides the action in this comedy. The trouble begins when the young man becomes a private in the army. Because he cannot bear to sell his lion Fagan to a mean-spirited circus trainer, the private asks his sergeant to help him find a good home for his pet.
