Comedy · United States of America · 1967 · 1h 34m

The Tiger Makes Out

Director

Cast

Eli Wallach as Ben Harris Anne Jackson as Gloria Fiske Dustin Hoffman as Hap Bob Dishy as Jerome "Jerry" Fiske Ruth White as Mrs. Edna Kelly Charles Nelson Reilly as Registrar

Crew

Arthur J. Ornitz — Director of Photography Shorty Rogers — Original Music Composer Murray Schisgal — Writer George Justin — Producer Eli Wallach — Producer Anne Jackson — Producer

Tagline

It's all about a Greenwich Village cat on the make ... ... who ends up with Gloria, the housewife, by mistake!

Synopsis

During a typically disaster-filled day, Ben Harris, an angry and frustrated bachelor mailman living in a cluttered Greenwich Village basement, learns he has been paying rent to a woman who hasn't owned his building in 6 years. No longer able to endure the injustices of society, he decides to activate the ferocious tiger within himself by abducting a helpless female and dragging her back to his lair.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Arthur Hiller Director Arthur J. Ornitz Director of Photography Shorty Rogers Original Music Composer Murray Schisgal Writer George Justin Producer Eli Wallach Producer Anne Jackson Producer Paul Sylbert Production Design Anthea Sylbert Costume Design

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