A tiger escapes from a circus truck as it passes by a small town, and hides itself in the surrounding woods. This throws the town into a panic and everyone wants the animal killed immediately, except for the daughter of the sheriff. She wants to capture the tiger and put it in a zoo, thereby saving the tiger's life. Her determination starts a nationwide campaign among children to raise the money to buy the tiger from the circus, but first, she, her father and an Indian tiger trainer must find the tiger before the National Guard do, who have orders to kill it on sight.
Brian Keith
as Sheriff Pete Williams
Vera Miles
as Dorothy Williams
Pamela Franklin
as Julie Williams
Sabu
as Ram Singh
Edward Andrews
as Governor Robbins
Una Merkel
as Mrs. Watkins
Frank McHugh
as Bill Watkins
Peter Brown
as Vern Goodman
Arthur Hunnicutt
as Frank Lewis
Connie Gilchrist
as Liddy Lewis
Kevin Corcoran
as Tom Hadley
Jack Albertson
as Sam Grant
