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.
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 ⓘ |
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