Tiger Warsaw (1988)

Director:

Amin Q. Chaudhri

Writer (WGA):

Roy London (written by)

Release Date:

12 May 1988 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Years ago he shattered his life. Now he's back to pick up the pieces.

Plot:

Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness |

Plot Keywords:

Animal In Title | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

Patrick Swayze	...	Chuck 'Tiger' Warsaw
Piper Laurie	...	Frances Warsaw
Lee Richardson	...	Michael Warsaw
Mary McDonnell	...	Paula Warsaw
Barbara Williams	...	Karen (as Barbra Williams)
Bobby Di Cicco	...	Tony
Jenny Chrisinger	...	Val
James Patrick Gillis	...	Roger
Michelle Claven	...	Emily
Kevin Bayer	...	Robin
Beeson Carroll	...	Uncle Gene
Sally-Jane Heit	...	Aunt Barbara
Kaye Ballard	...	Aunt Thelma
Tom Wood	...	Lt. Fontana (as Thomas Mills Wood)
Cynthia Lammel	...	Paula's Secretary

Also Known As:

The Tiger

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Continental Film Group Ltd.

Trivia:

The outside of "The Bulh Mansion" in movie was actually the Buhl Casino founded in early 1910s by, Frank H. Buhl on his 300 acre farm that he turned into park and donate it to the people of the Shenango Valley for families to come and enjoy.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The scene where Tiger has a breakdown while stopped at the railroad crossing was filmed on Pitt Street in Sharon, PA. Pitt Street is a one way street and the cars are all going the wrong way on the street.

Soundtrack:

Dirty Water

culturally incompatible

Director Chaudhri's foreign birth comes through loud and clear in this mess of a movie. Swayze's Tiger Warsaw has supposedly done something so terrible it has turned his entire family against him, but it's never made clear exactly what this horrible deed was. Peeping Tom, maybe? When he meets up with an old hometown buddy their reaction to each other can only be described as homosexual, but nothing further in that direction develops. There is also another odd and brief scene in a bar where he is accosted by another old classmate who is now a cross-dresser. I can only assume this kind of stuff has some meaning in India or Pakistan, but it makes no sense in an American movie. Which is obviously what the studio thought since they premiered it outside of the USA. The only good things about the movie are the cool motorcycle jacket Swayze wears throughout, and the bitchin' '68 black Road Runner he drives.