An enchanting tale that begins in Paris, when a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to her family of adorable high-society cats. But when Edgar, the greedy butler, overhears her plan, he catnaps Duchess, the elegent, soft-spoken mother, and her three mischievous kittens and abandons them in the French countryside. Soon, they're being escorted home by the charming Thomas O'Malley, a rough and tumble alley cat, who takes them to his "pad" along the way where Scat Cat and his band of swinging jazz cats perform the memorable song "Ev'rybody Wants to be a Cat.".