Calamity strikes when the precious gift of a white elephant from the King of Siam to the Queen of England is stolen in America. But it is the hilarious antics of the detectives trying to track down the beast which occupies us. As the rampaging elephant heads east, or maybe west, or possibly north or south, it leaves a trail of death and destruction.

But it seems that not even the finest detectives in the land and offers of ever greater rewards can pinpoint the animal's whereabouts. Until finally it turns up in the least likely place of all...