Based on Charles Goodrum’s book, "I’ll Trade You an Elk." The mayor wants to close down the run-down city zoo and use the site for a museum, but an accountant and his children fight to save it.
Hal Holbrook
as Mitch Collins
Joe Flynn
as Major Philbrick
Cecil Kellaway
as Old Al Casey
Wally Cox
as Becker
Mary LaRoche
as Nancy Collins
Michael-James Wixted
as Noah Collins
Anne Seymour
as Maggie Hargrove
Michael McGreevey
as Ralph
Christina Anderson
as Jen Collins
Annie McEveety
as Rosemary
Penny Marshall
as Mayor's Secretary
George N. Neise
as Councilman Thompson
