The Tiger Makes Out is a 1967 American black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring Eli Wallach and his wife Anne Jackson. The plot concerns a kidnapper and his unintended victim.[1] It marked Dustin Hoffman's film debut.

The Tiger Makes Out
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed byArthur Hiller
Screenplay byMurray Schisgal
Based onThe Tiger by Murray Schisgal
Produced byGeorge Justin
StarringEli Wallach
Anne Jackson
CinematographyArthur J. Ornitz
Edited byRobert C. Jones
Music byMilton "Shorty" Rogers
Production
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Elan Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 18, 1967 (1967-08-18) (New York City)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Ben Harris, an alienated Greenwich Village postal carrier, decides to get a girl 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 over Gloria Fiske 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.

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Home media

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The Tiger Makes Out was released on DVD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment August 5, 2014, via its Choice Collection DVD-on-demand service, as a Region 1 DVD.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Crowther, Bosley (September 19, 1967). "The Tiger Makes Out (1967) Screen: 'Tiger' Returns: Schisgal Story Charms as Film at Cinema I". The New York Times.
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