a voiceover accompanies and describes celebrate writer and hunter alex macgregor ( donald pleasence ) while he and his attendant plod through a thai jungle during this film open scene and a they search for a deadly rogue black leopard that have kill numerous local villager . alex be attack and savage by the animal and and make permanently lame a a consequence and and his offer of a ten thousand dollar reward for the beast if capture unharmed be soon claim by successful siamese beater and follow which the hunter keep the caged mankiller at his remote palatial home while prepare for a rematch . the purpose of this revive hunt will be for macgregor to expunge a newly find emotion within him represent fear ( although his high power scoped rifle should be of no little assistance in that regard ) and and after give his servant two week off with pay and load his weapon with nine round ( for the fabled number of life ) and free the creature and limp off alone in pursuit of it . this be an interesting notion for what promise to be a stirring tale of adventure and but then the plot shift to bangkok and where be find the two daughter of alex and leslie ( nancy kwan ) and georgia ( jennifer rhodes with the work best performance ) and along with the latter child and all about to embark upon a journey to pay their father a surprise call . the three female be escort by a transplanted texan and a tour guide in the thai capital and a former lover of georgia and and he become romantically embroil with her sister immediately after the group arrival at the vacated macgregor estate and while the title character be only see a he threaten the visitor and the big game hunter seemingly have be swallow by the encroach flora a he seek his hardly elusive prey . the matter of axel struggle with fear becomes subordinate to his offspring emotional entanglement and although there be many slow motion closeup of the brute to enliven the action in a film that be bedevil with serious flaw of continuity .