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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiger Bay (1959 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8157275 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tiger Bay (1959 film) Context triple: [Brenda de Banzie, notableWork, Tiger Bay (1959 film)]
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A.
Tiger Trap
Tiger Trap was an early 1990s American indie pop band associated with the twee pop scene and known for their melodic, lo-fi sound.
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B.
Tiger of Malaya
Tiger of Malaya is the famous wartime nickname of Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita, noted for his rapid conquest of British Malaya and Singapore during World War II.
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C.
Tigers of Shanghai
Tigers of Shanghai is a professional esports team associated with the Gen.G organization, known for competing in high-level competitive gaming tournaments.
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D.
Sea Tigers
The Sea Tigers were the naval wing of the Sri Lankan Tamil militant organization LTTE, known for their guerrilla-style maritime attacks and suicide missions during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
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E.
Tigerland
Tigerland is the popular nickname and cultural moniker for the Richmond Football Club and its passionate supporter base in Australian rules football.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tiger Bay (1959 film) Target entity description: 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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A.
Tiger Trap
Tiger Trap was an early 1990s American indie pop band associated with the twee pop scene and known for their melodic, lo-fi sound.
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B.
Tiger of Malaya
Tiger of Malaya is the famous wartime nickname of Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita, noted for his rapid conquest of British Malaya and Singapore during World War II.
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C.
Tigers of Shanghai
Tigers of Shanghai is a professional esports team associated with the Gen.G organization, known for competing in high-level competitive gaming tournaments.
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D.
Sea Tigers
The Sea Tigers were the naval wing of the Sri Lankan Tamil militant organization LTTE, known for their guerrilla-style maritime attacks and suicide missions during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
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E.
Tigerland
Tigerland is the popular nickname and cultural moniker for the Richmond Football Club and its passionate supporter base in Australian rules football.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear (shared) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | short story "Rodolphe et le revolver" ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| certificate | A (British Board of Film Censors) ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Erwin Hillier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | positive ⓘ |
| director | J. Lee Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Rank Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | John D. Guthridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Gillian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Korchinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Superintendent Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Cardiff docks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Beaver Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1959-05-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenDebutOf | Hayley Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Hawkesworth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shelagh Delaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Cardiff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tiger Bay, Cardiff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Anthony Dawson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hayley Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ Horst Buchholz NERFINISHED ⓘ John Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ Megs Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvonne Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary late 1950s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tiger Bay (1959 film) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.