C. Thomas Howell, born in 1966 in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, made a significant impact in the 1980s with his performances in cult classics. He is best known for his role as Jim Halsey in The Hitcher (1986), where he navigates a harrowing encounter with a relentless killer. Howell also appears in Mad Dogs And Englishmen (1995), a film that blends dark humor with the absurdities of life. His early career, marked by a strong presence in youth-oriented films, paved the way for his exploration of darker themes in cinema, making him a notable figure in the realm of cult and exploitation films.
A Tiger's Tale
Bubber is a high school student. Rose, a nurse is an alcoholic woman, more than twice his age, and the mother of his girlfriend, Shirley. Bubber and Rose begin an affair after he fixes Shirley up with his pal, Ransom. They carry on their affair under the nose of Shirley until everything comes out in the open at a drive-in movie theater. To get even with Bubber and Rose for "behaving badly", Shirley pricks a hole in Rose's diaphragm. Shirley goes on to live with her father and Bubber moves in with Rose along with his pet tiger. The diaphragm incident results in Rose getting pregnant with Bubber's baby. The couple must deci
