Tom McBride

A valuable Matisse painting is stolen from a museum. When the thief is found murdered, museum employee June Sinclair and her boyfriend David Lambert are charged with the crime.

Eddie comes home from school an tells the family that he must bring a pet for his class' annual pet contest. Since the ferocious and gigantic dog, refuses to leave his hiding place under the stairs and the cat is too common of an animal, Eddie decides to bring Grandpa's pet bat, Igor.