Tiger Bay (1959)
March 1, 1959Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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
Paul Stassino
Poloma First Officer
Marne Maitland
Doctor
Meredith Edwards
Williams
Marianne Stone
Mrs. Williams
Rachel Thomas
Mrs. Parry
Brian Hammond
Dal Parry
Kenneth Griffith
Mr. Seymour
Eynon Evans
Mr Morgan
Christopher Rhodes
Inspector Bridges
Edward Cast
Det. Con. Thomas
David Davies
Desk Sergeant
Michael Anderson Jr.
Boy with Cap Gun (uncredited)
Harry Baird
Bridegroom (uncredited)
Tom Bowman
Seaman (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Pub Customer (uncredited)
Peter Halliday
Seaman (uncredited)
Hubert Hill
Policeman (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Detective at Police Station (uncredited)
John Howard
Detective (uncredited)
Jack May
Mr Willis (uncredited)
Harry Phipps
Man in Bar (uncredited)
Stan Simmons
Referee (uncredited)
John Wilder
Police Line-Up (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 1, 1959
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
Tiger Bay is a 1959 British crime drama film based on the short story "Rodolphe et le Revolver" by Noël Calef. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson, produced by John Hawkesworth, and co-written by John Hawkesworth and Shelley Smith (pseudonym of Nancy Hermione Bodington). It stars John Mills as a police superintendent investigating a murder; his real-life daughter Hayley Mills, in her first major film role, as a girl who witnesses the murder; and Horst Buchholz as a young sailor who commits the murder in a moment of passion.
The film was shot mostly on location in the Tiger Bay district of Cardiff, at Newport Transporter Bridge in Newport (12 miles/19 km from Cardiff) and at Avonmouth Docks in Bristol. It features many authentic scenes of the children's street culture and the black street culture of the time, along with many dockside shots and scenes in real pubs and the surrounding countryside. It marks a vital transitional moment in the move towards the British New Wave cinema exemplified a few years later by A Taste of Honey.
Unusually the overall ambience is one of sympathy towards the killer, seeing him as a basically good person, and victim of circumstance.