Here Come the Tigers

{{Short description|1978 American sports comedy film by Sean S. Cunningham}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Here Come the Tigers

| image = Here Come the Tigers.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Sean S. Cunningham

| producer = Sean S. Cunningham
Steve Miner

| writer = Arch McCoy

| narrator =

| starring = Richard Lincoln
James Zvanut
Samantha Grey

| music = Harry Manfredini

| cinematography = Barry Abrams

| editing = Steve Miner

| studio = Sean S. Cunningham Films

| distributor = American International Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1978|5|26}}

| runtime = 87 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $250,000

| gross =$1 million{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/301/mode/1up|title= American film distribution : the changing marketplace|last=Donahue|first= Suzanne Mary|year=1987 |publisher=UMI Research Press |page=301}} Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada

}}

Here Come the Tigers is a 1978 American sports comedy film directed by Sean S. Cunningham.

Plot

"A wild team of misfits think that they can make it big. What's a coach to do with a chronic nose-picker, a flatulent fielder, an out of control pitcher, a juvenile delinquent and the prettiest girl in the state? Turn this bunch of losers into a winning team! When their new coach enlists an unusual new teammate, it's a whole new ballgame as they band together to win their first championship, determined to prove that losers can be winners, too."

Cast

Richard Lincoln – Eddie Burke
James Zvanut – Burt Honneger
Samantha Grey – Bette Burke
Manny Lieberman – Felix the Umpire
William Caldwell – Kreeger
Fred Lincoln – Aesop
Xavier Rodrigo – Buster
Sean Patrick Griffin – Art "The Fart" Bullfinch

Production

Cunningham said in Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2005) he believed that the film cost $250,000 to make, "if that. It could be much lower. It was guerrilla filmmaking. It was all kids from the little leagues; it was like being on a three-week field trip with a bunch of sixth-graders. It was good and bad, frustrating and exciting. I loved it."{{cite book|last=Bracke|first=Peter|title=Crystal Lake Memories|publisher=Titan Books|date=October 11, 2006|location=United Kingdom|page=17|isbn=978-1-845-76343-5}}

Victor Miller, who wrote the film under the pseudonym Arch McCoy, said: "Those were the days when everybody said, 'What America needs is a good G-rated movie.' I guess Here Come the Tigers made its money back, but they lied about America wanting G-rated films."

Reception

Variety called it a ripoff of The Bad News Bears (1976), trying to cash in on the success of the original and its sequel, with dull direction and dreadful acting.{{cite magazine|title=Film Reviews: Here Come The Tigers|author=Hege.|magazine=Variety|page=22|date=May 31, 1978}}