Tiger Bay (1959 film)

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Tiger Bay (1959 film) is a British crime drama centered on a young girl who witnesses a murder in Cardiff’s docklands, noted for its gritty realism and early performance by Hayley Mills.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
awardReceived Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear (shared) ⓘ
basedOn short story "Rodolphe et le revolver" ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
certificate A (British Board of Film Censors) ⓘ
cinematographyBy Erwin Hillier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception positive ⓘ
director J. Lee Thompson ⓘ
distributor Rank Organisation ⓘ
editor John D. Guthridge ⓘ
featuresCharacter Gillian ⓘ
Korchinsky ⓘ
Superintendent Graham ⓘ
filmingLocation Cardiff docks ⓘ
filmingTechnique location shooting ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasChildProtagonist true ⓘ
hasTheme childhood and moral ambiguity ⓘ
immigration and alienation ⓘ
urban working-class life ⓘ
musicBy Laurie Johnson ⓘ
narrativeFocus young girl who witnesses a murder ⓘ
narrativeLocationType docklands ⓘ
notableFor early screen performance by Hayley Mills ⓘ
gritty realism ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British New Wave era context ⓘ
producer John Hawkesworth ⓘ
productionCompany Beaver Films ⓘ
releaseDate 1959-05-18 ⓘ
releaseYear 1959 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 105 ⓘ
screenDebutOf Hayley Mills ⓘ
screenwriter John Hawkesworth ⓘ
Shelagh Delaney ⓘ
setIn Cardiff ⓘ
Tiger Bay, Cardiff ⓘ
starring Anthony Dawson ⓘ
Hayley Mills ⓘ
Horst Buchholz ⓘ
John Mills ⓘ
Megs Jenkins ⓘ
Yvonne Mitchell ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary late 1950s ⓘ

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