Here Come the Tigers

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

Here Come the Tigers
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sean S. Cunningham
Written by	Arch McCoy
Produced by	Sean S. Cunningham Steve Miner
Starring	Richard Lincoln James Zvanut Samantha Grey
Cinematography	Barry Abrams
Edited by	Steve Miner
Music by	Harry Manfredini
Production company	Sean S. Cunningham Films
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	May 26, 1978 (1978-05-26)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$250,000[1]
Box office	$1 million[2]

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."^[1]

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."^[1]

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.^[3]