Tiger Bay (1959)
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Twelve-year-old Hayley Mills made her film starring debut in the location-filmed melodrama Tiger Bay. Horst Buchholz plays a Polish sailor who, while docked in Cardiff, jealously murders his ex-girlfriend Yvonne Mitchell. The killing is witnessed by Hayley, a lonely, hoydenish preteen whose only… More Twelve-year-old Hayley Mills made her film starring debut in the location-filmed melodrama Tiger Bay. Horst Buchholz plays a Polish sailor who, while docked in Cardiff, jealously murders his ex-girlfriend Yvonne Mitchell. The killing is witnessed by Hayley, a lonely, hoydenish preteen whose only interest in the crime is Buccholz' abandoned gun. Hayley picks up the weapon, intending to impress the other kids in town. She succeeds only in attracting the attention of police inspector John Mills (Hayley's real life father), who wants to know where she found the gun and under what circumstances. An experienced liar, Hayley drives the inspector crazy with her fabrications. Sent home with a stern reprimand, Hayley is kidnapped by Buccholz, who doesn't want to kill the child, but doesn't want to be revealed to the police, either. Convinced that Buchholz means her no harm, Hayley offers to help him escape. He returns the favor by rescuing her from a watery grave, at the cost of his own freedom. On the basis of her performance in Tiger Bay, Hayley Mills not only won a special prize at the Berlin Film Festival, but was invited to star in Disney's Pollyanna (1960). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- J. Lee Thompson
- Written By
- Noel Calef, John Hawkesworth
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 14, 1959 Wide
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Above average Disney drama with Hayley Mills and dad John.
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Cast
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John Mills
as Supt. Graham
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Horst Buchholz
as Korchinsky
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Hayley Mills
as Gillie
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Yvonne Mitchell
as Anya
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Megs Jenkins
as Mrs. Phillips
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Anthony Dawson
as Barclay
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George Selway
as Detective Sgt. Harvey
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George Pastell
as Poloma Captain
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Paul Stassino
as 1st Officer
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Marne Maitland
as Dr. Das
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Meredith Edwards
as Police Constable George Williams
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Marianne Stone
as Mrs. Williams
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Rachel Thomas
as Mrs. Parry
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Kenneth Griffith
as Choirmaster
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Christopher Rhodes
as Inspector Bridges
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David Davies
as Desk Sergeant
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Eynon Evans
as Mr. Morgan
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Edward Cast
as Detective Constable Thomas
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Brian Hammond
as Dai Parry
