History Film / TigerBay

''Tiger Bay'' is a 1959 British crime drama film based on the short story "Rodolphe et le Revolver" by Noël Calef, directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Creator/JohnMills, his daughter Creator/HayleyMills, and Horst Buchholz in his first English-language role.

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The film takes place in the eponymous district of Cardiff, UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}. Gillie Evans (Hayley Mills), a trouble-making tomboy, witnesses a murder by chance and is kidnapped by the perpetrator, Bronislav Korchinsky (Buchholz), a Polish sailor desperate to escape the country and the clutches of the police. The story focusses on the [[IntergenerationalFriendship unorthodox friendship]] that develops between them while being pursued by SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Graham (John Mills).

* AccidentalMurder: . . . er, kind of. At the very least, unplanned. It's hard to tell. He doesn't seem to realize what he's doing until she's dead.

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* BaitTheDog: Subverted. Twice is Bronek offered a opportunity to get Gillie out of the picture by drowning but each time his good heart wins out.

* FriendToAllChildren: Bronek, who never seems to be in too much of hurry to give a kid a friendly pat on the head, or a push on a swing. It makes his crime all the more shocking.

* HarmfulToMinors: Gillie and her playmates growing up in a rough neighbourhood notwithstanding, there is the small matter of her being a witness to murder . . .

* RaceAgainstTheClock: The police' hunt after Bronek before he can reach the three-miles zone.

''Tiger Bay'' is a 1959 British crime drama film adapted from the short story "Rodolphe et le Revolver" by Noel Calef, directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Creator/JohnMills, his daughter Creator/HayleyMills, and Horst Buchholz in his first English-language role.

The film takes place in the eponymous district of Cardiff, UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}. Gillie Evans (Hayley Mills), a trouble-making tomboy, witnesses a murder by chance and is kidnapped by the perpetrator, Bronislav Korchinsky (Buchholz), a Polish sailor desperate to escape the country and the clutches of the police. The story focusses on the [[IntergenerationalFriendship unorthodox friendship]] that develops between the two while being pursued by SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Graham (John Mills).

The film takes place in the eponymous district of Cardiff, UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}. Gillie Evans (Hayley Mills), a trouble-making tomboy, witnesses a murder by chance and is kidnapped by the perpetrator, Bronislav Korchinsky (Buchholz), a Polish sailor desperate to escape the country and the clutches of the police. The story focuses on the [[IntergenerationalFriendship unorthodox friendship]] that develops between the two while being pursued by SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Graham (John Mills).

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''Tiger Bay'' is a 1959 British crime drama film set in the eponymous district of Cardiff (UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}). The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson, based on the short story "Rodolphe et le Revolver" by Noel Calef and starring Creator/JohnMills, his daughter Creator/HayleyMills (of later ''Film/{{Pollyanna|1960}}'' fame) and Horst Buchholz who is appearing in his first English-language role.

Gillie Evans (Hayley Mills), a trouble-making tomboy, witnesses a murder by chance and is kidnapped by the perpetrator Bronislav Korchinsky (Horst Buchholz), a Polish sailor desperate to escape the country and the clutches of the police. The film centres around the [[IntergenerationalFriendship unorthodox friendship]] that develops between the two while being pursued by SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Graham, played by John Mills.

* AccidentalMurder: . . . er, kind of. At the very least, unplanned. It's hard to tell. He doesn't seem to realise what he's doing until she's dead.

* AmbiguousInnocence: Gillie, who doesn't seem to realise the full implications of what she's seen until she's [[AloneWithThePsycho trapped in the church]] with Bronek, at which point [[OhCrap the terror strikes]].

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Bronek and Anya exchange a few, ahem, choice words. In unsubtitled Polish. Doubles as a BilingualBonus.
** Then there's Christine, the thinly-veiled prostitute who moves into Anya's old flat.

''Tiger Bay'' is a 1959 British crime drama film set in the eponymous district of Cardiff (UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}). The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson, based on the short story "Rodolphe et le Revolver" by Noel Calef and starring John Mills, his daughter Creator/HayleyMills (of later ''Film/{{Pollyanna|1960}}'' fame) and Horst Buchholz who is appearing in his first English-language role.

''Tiger Bay'' is a 1959 British crime drama film set in the eponymous district of Cardiff (UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}). The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson, based on the short story "Rodolphe et le Revolver" by Noel Calef and starring John Mills, his daughter Creator/HayleyMills (of later ''Literature/{{Pollyanna}}'' fame) and Horst Buchholz who is appearing in his first English-language role.

* WaitHere: Bronek says this to his child hostage Gillie twice in Tiger Bay. However, as Gillie is 11 years old, the first time she wanders off to play by the river. The second time, she is discovered by the police.

* RearWindowWitness: Gillie watches Bronek shoot Anya peeking through the mail slot of the apartment door.