The Tiger Makes Out

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. It marked Dustin Hoffman's film debut.

Plot
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.

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
 * Judy Graubart as Woman Passing Lassoed Hydrant

Home media
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.