A heartwarming family film about a foster child who feels unwanted in his new home and befriends a vivacious elderly woman who rebels at the restrictions in her nursing home. Together they run away to find family and join the Clyde Beatty circus.
Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband.