The Tiger Makes Out
The Tiger Makes Out | |
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Promotional movie poster for the film | |
Directed by | Arthur Hiller |
Produced by | George Justin |
Screenplay by | Murray Schisgal |
Based on | The Tiger by Murray Schisgal |
Starring |
Eli Wallach Anne Jackson Bob Dishy John Harkins Ruth White Roland Wood Rae Allen Sudie Bond David Burns Jack Fletcher Bibi Osterwald Charles Nelson Reilly Frances Sternhagen Elizabeth Wilson |
Music by | Milton "Shorty" Rogers |
Cinematography | Arthur J. Ornitz |
Edited by | Robert C. Jones |
Production company |
Elan Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Tiger Makes Out is a 1967 American comedy film about a kidnapper and his unintended victim, starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson and directed by Arthur Hiller.[1] The film is Dustin Hoffman's film debut.
Plot
Loser Ben Harris (Eli Wallach), an alienated mailman, decides to get a girl the only way he can — by kidnapping her. Putting his plan into operation one rainy night, he spots an attractive young woman. He races ahead of her and prepares an ambush. However, his would-be target finds shelter from the downpour and he ends up pulling a bag down over Gloria Fiske (Anne Jackson) instead. When he carries her back to his basement apartment and removes the bag, he is dumbfounded to find he has captured a middle-aged housewife. With no alternative, he makes do with the person he has caught, but she proves to be not quite what he envisaged.
Cast
- Eli Wallach as Benjamin "Ben" Harris
- Anne Jackson as Gloria Fiske
- Bob Dishy as Jerome "Jerry" Fiske
- John Harkins as Leo
- Ruth White as Edna Kelly
- Roland Wood as Tom Kelly
- Rae Allen as Beverly
- Sudie Bond as Miss Lane
- David Burns as Louie Ratner
- Jack Fletcher as Pawnbroker
- Bibi Osterwald as Theodora Ratner
- Charles Nelson Reilly as Mr. Henry - Registrar
- Frances Sternhagen as Woman on Bus
- Elizabeth Wilson as Receptionist
- Kim August as Toni the Songbird
- Alice Beardsley as Kentucky Neighbor
- Mariclare Costello as Rosi
- David Doyle as Marty - Housing Clerk
- Dustin Hoffman as Hap
- Michele Kesten as Waitress
- James Luisi as Pete Coppola
- Remak Ramsay as Housing Guard
- Sherman Raskin as Red Schwartzkopf
- John Ryan as Toni's Escort
- Edgar Stehli as Old Man
- Oren Stevens as Policeman
DVD
The Tiger Makes Out was released on DVD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on August 5, 2014 via its Choice Collection DVD-on-demand service as a Region 1 DVD.
See also
References
External links
- The Tiger Makes Out at the Internet Movie Database
- The Tiger Makes Out at AllMovie
- The Tiger Makes Out at the TCM Movie Database
- The Tiger Makes Out at the American Film Institute Catalog