"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is the story of an English family who reside in India. The Father (Les Tremayne) is the head of the British army that are occupying the country at the time. His son, Teddy (Michael LeClair) and his Wife (June Foray) discover a mongoose living on the estate. The mongooses’ name is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (Shepard Menken) and he happily becomes the family’s new pet and Teddy’s new best friend. The Father hopes that the mongoose will help with the cobra problem in the surrounding jungles of the estate. Soon a pair of Cobras, Nag (Orson Welles) and Nagaina (June Foray) quickly find interest in the family wanting to kill them. So they lay in the jungle plotting as they strike coming to a head on confrontation with Rikki-Tikki-Tavi!