Four veterans of the French Resistance, reunited nearly thirty years after the war, join forces to meet adventure, danger and excitement as perilous as anything they faced during the war. Based on Paul Gallico`s best-selling novel. The Zoo Gang are named after the codenames used during their time in the Resistance:

The Fox: Stephen Halliday (Brian Keith) - a former OSS agent and now an important business executive in New York.

The Elephant: Tommy Devon (John Mills) - a former Commando officer now running a shop in Nice.

The Leopard: Manouche Roget (Lilli Palmer) - an ex-resistance fighter whose husband was killed by the Gestapo.

The Tiger: Alec Marlowe (Barry Morse) - a Lieutenant in the RCAF, he now runs an auto repair shop in Vancouver.

Reviving the team, they track down and capture the man who betrayed them, putting the reward towards the building of a children`s hospital. But the hospital needs more money so together they use their wits and ingenuity from their base in Nice to wage a new war, this time against crime - they are the Zoo Gang!

Episodes featured on this DVD:

Revenge: Post Dated
Old wartime Resistance comrades are reunited. The opportunity to avenge betrayal to the Nazis, with imprisonment, torture and death for one of their comrades, presents itself nearly thirty years after their capture. Their revenge not only leads to catching a master criminal but to an adventurous new chapter in their own lives.
Original ITV Transmission 5 April 1974

Mindless Murder
The meaningless murders of three girls set the Zoo Gang on a trail revealing a ruthless extortion racket, danger for two film stars at the Cannes Film Festival, an audacious theft on the part of the gang and to Manouche setting herself up as the killer's target.
Original ITV Transmission 12 April 1974

African Misfire
A deposed African President's art collection is stolen. There are unexpected developments when the Zoo Gang steal I back again and discover that the thief is one of Manouche's oldest and dearest friends.
Original ITV Transmission 19 April 1974

The Counterfeit Trap
Robbing Peter may be one way to pay Paul - but the Zoo Gang go one better when they steal forged money to pay for smuggled gold.
Original ITV Transmission 26 April 1974

The Lion Hunt
The Zoo Gang's lion hunt is not for an animal but an heroic revolutionary known as "El Lion", whose unfortunate arrest while entering France presents a matter of delicacy only to be solved by his escape from prison. But the Zoo Gang meet with unexpected problems.
Original ITV Transmission 3 May 1974

The Twisted Cross
The Zoo Gang re-enact a wartime exploit to catch up with a mystery that had its beginning in the days when the Nazi war machine was beginning to crumble.
Original ITV Transmission 10 May 1974

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