Tiger Bay (1959)

01/03/1959 (GB)•Thriller, Crime•1h 45m

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MURDER...enacted before the eyes of a little girl. She alone has the proof the police are searching for.

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In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself — Korchinsky's shiny black revolver — and flees the scene. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.

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John Mills
Superintendent Graham
Horst Buchholz
Korchinsky
Hayley Mills
Gillie
Yvonne Mitchell
Anya
Megs Jenkins
Mrs. Phillips
Anthony Dawson
Barclay
George Selway
Det. Sgt. Harvey
Shari
Christine
George Pastell
Poloma Captain

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A review by John Chard

9.0

Written by John Chard on Sep 6, 2015

I spy, I spy you. Tiger Bay is directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by John Hawkesworth and Shelley Smith. It stars Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Megs Jenkins and Anthony Dawson. Music is by Laurie Johnson and cinematography by Eric Cross. A young girl witnesses a murder and complicates the investigation by becoming attached to the killer. The Lord's My Shepherd. Set in the Principality of Cardiff, South Wales, Tiger Bay is a boffo noir drama in the tradition of the excellent Charles Crichton/Dirk Bogarde picture, Hunted (1952). The core of the story is about the ...