| The Tiger Makes Out | |
| Director: | Arthur Hiller |
| Producer: | George Justin |
| Based On: | The Tiger by Murray Schisgal |
| Screenplay: | Murray Schisgal |
| Starring: | Eli Wallach Anne Jackson |
| Music: | Milton "Shorty" Rogers |
| Cinematography: | Arthur J. Ornitz |
| Editing: | Robert C. Jones |
| Studio: | Elan Productions |
| Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
| Runtime: | 94 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
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.