Tiger Bay (1959)

19591h 47mdir. J. Lee ThompsonUnited Kingdomthriller filmcrime film

With John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills, Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Dawson, Megs Jenkins

Directed by J. Lee Thompson

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Tiger Bay is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson. 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 title refers to the Tiger Bay district of Cardiff, where much of the film was shot.

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