A lion escapes Nick Coster's carnival and is captured by grocery clerk Matt Varney whom Nick brings into the show and eventually makes chief lion tamer. After Nick finds out Matt has fallen for his convent-bred sister Mary, he makes him go into the cage with the insane lion Caesar.
The Wagons Roll at Night
After local grocery clerk rescues a baby from an escaped lion, a circus owner builds him into an attraction but balks when he falls in love with his sister.