Tiger Warsaw is a 1988 American drama film directed by Amin Q. Chaudhri, written by Roy London, starring Patrick Swayze. It was produced by Continental Film Group.
Plot
Chuck "Tiger" Warsaw (Swayze) brought sorrow to his family fifteen years earlier when he shot his father Michael (Lee Richardson) and made him a semi-invalid. After fifteen years of self-destruction, Tiger returns home to the steel production community of Sharon to seek forgiveness.
Cast Patrick Swayze as Chuck "Tiger" Warsaw Piper Laurie as Frances Warsaw Lee Richardson as Michael Warsaw Mary McDonnell as Paula Warsaw Barbara Williams as Karen Bobby DiCicco as Tony Jenny Chrisinger as Val James Patrick Gillis as Roger Michelle Glaven as Emily Kevin Bayer as Robin Beeson Carroll as Uncle Gene Sally-Jane Heit as Aunt Barbara Kaye Ballard as Aunt Thelma Thomas Mills Wood as Lt. Fontana Cynthia Lammel as Paula's secretary Steve Jaklic as Kid in Womb
Production The outside of the "Buhl Mansion" in the film was actually the Buhl Casino founded in the early 1910s by Frank H. Buhl on his 300-acre farm that he turned into a park and donated it to the people of the Shenango Valley for families to come and enjoy.
The distribution rights of the movie was purchased in early 1988 by Sony Video Software Company, who released the film under the Sony Pictures label (no relation to the company that got its name after renaming from Columbia Pictures Entertainment) in 1991.
Marketing The film was advertised with the tagline "Years ago he shattered his life. Now he's back to pick up the pieces.
Reception The film only grossed $422,667 in the United States upon its spring 1988 release.
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