Fierce Creatures

“Don't pet them.”

Marwood Zoo has just been bought by a New Zealand tycoon, and his profit targets are steep. Rollo Lee (John Cleese), a former policeman, arrives to run it and decrees that only the most dangerous, impressive animals may stay. Robert Young and Fred Schepisi follow the keepers, Bugsy Malone (Michael Palin) among them, who would rather hide their harmless animals than lose them, with the zoo's closure hanging over every attempt.