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Synopsis
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, All Movie Guide

Cast

Horst Buchholz Korchinsky
Meredith Edwards Police Constable George Williams
Kenneth Griffith Choirmaster
Megs Jenkins Mrs. Phillips
Marne Maitland Dr. Das
Hayley Mills Gillie
Yvonne Mitchell Anya
George Pastell Poloma Captain
Christopher Rhodes Inspector Bridges
Paul Stassino 1st Officer
Marianne Stone Mrs. Williams
John Mills Supt. Graham
Rachel Thomas Mrs. Parry
George Selway Detective Sgt. Harvey
Anthony Dawson Barclay

Production Crew

Edward Carrick Art Director
Noel Calef Book Author
Eric Cross Cinematographer
Laurie Johnson Composer (Music Score)
J. Lee Thompson Director
Sidney Hayers Editor
John Hawkesworth Producer
John Hawkesworth Screenwriter
Noel Calef Screenwriter
Shelley Smith Screenwriter
Year: 1959
Runtime: 107
Country: UK
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Crime
Drama

Produced by
Continental
J. Arthur Rank Productions
Julian Wintle/Leslie Parkyn Productions

Awards
1959 - Best British Film - British Academy Awards
1959 - Best British Film - British Academy Awards