Tiger Bay

"MURDER...enacted before the eyes of a little girl. She alone has the proof the police are searching for."

Dec 14 1959 Not Rated 1h 45m
Crime, Drama, Thriller

In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself — Korchinsky's shiny black revolver — and flees the scene. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.

Plot

Gille Jenkins (Hayley Mills), a twelve-year-old tomboy and compulsive liar living in a sordid tenement with her single parent mother, witnesses the murder of an immigrant Polish woman living in an nearby apartment by her former boyfriend, Bronislaus Korchinsky. The young merchant marine becomes distraught when he discovers that she has become the mistress of a married British sports announcer and shoots her with her own gun. Gillie lies about the circumstances in order to keep the gun which she discovers where Korchinsky hid it. She ultimately bonds with him and misleads the police in their investigation.

Written by

Noël Calef, John Hawkesworth, Shelley Smith

Directed by

J. Lee Thompson

Cast

Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz, John Mills

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Independent Artists

Languages

Polski, English, Español

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 4 nominations total

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Tiger Bay (J. Lee Thompson, 1959) Trailer
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Larry Karaszewski on TIGER BAY
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