Tiger Escape

The Clyde Beatty Show! The greatest wild animal trainer Clyde Beatty with an exciting adventure from his brilliant career. The circus means thrills, excitements, snarling jungle beasts. The circus means fun for young folks and old, but under the big top you see only a part of the story.

The real drama comes behind the scenes, where 500 people live as one family, where Clyde Beatty constantly risks death in the most dangerous act on earth. This master of the big tap has journey to Africa and India, hunting down his beast in their native jungle.

All of this is part of the Clyde Beatty story. This one he calls Tiger Escape. Of all the battles against man-killing wild animals I've fought, the weirdest and worst took place in a crazy tangled half-lit scaffolding and raw concrete jungle that looked like an artist drawing at the surface of the moon.

I didn't know it, but that battle and aim for my life, my wife's and the lives of several hundred people, was already in the making a week earlier at my training quarters in Peru, Indiana.

I was in the training case with Gracie, a 600 pound Tigris I was breaking into the egg. Harriet my wife was watching from outside the bars with Jim Berkholder, who was promoting some of my appearances in the Midwest, and Jake Lacey, a rostavout new to the show.

Alright, Gracie. Up on the pedestal now. Up, girl. Hey. Back. Back, Gracie. Get back there. All right now. Up on the pedestal. Up. Up. Add our girl. Now hold your place till I signal you to come down.

You'll be a showcat. Yes, Gracie. Jake. Yeah, you want me? Hand me another revolver in through the bars. I've used up all the blanks in this one. Sure, okay, Mr. Beatty. Thanks, Harriet. Here you go.