The Tiger Makes Out

Infobox Film
name = The Tiger Makes Out


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caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director = Arthur Hiller
producer = George Justin
Eli Wallach (uncredited)
Anne Jackson (uncred.)
writer = Murray Schisgal
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starring = Eli Wallach
Anne Jackson
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released = 1967
runtime = 94 min.
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0062369

"The Tiger Makes Out" is a 1967 comedy film about a kidnapper and his unintended victim, starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson and directed by Arthur Hiller.

Plot summary

Loser Ben Harris (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 (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 envisioned.

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