Showing:
BBC TWO, Sunday August 5, 10am
Synopsis:
(1959) A seven-year-old girl witnesses a murder in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, and befriends the Polish sailor who committed it.
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Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Producer:
John Hawkesworth
Cast:
- Horst Buchholz (Korchinsky)
- John Mills (Superintendent Graham)
- Hayley Mills (Gillie Evans)
- Megs Jenkins (Mrs Phillips)
- Anthony Dawson (Barclay)
Full cast and credits on BFI Screenonline.
Analysis:
Tiger Bay is more romantic and dramatic than realistic, more traditional than the uncompromising, radical departure of the films of the British New Wave. It is in some ways a transition: both traditional and modern, but not exactly social realism. It was ahead of its time in showing aspects of life not usually displayed in film in the 1950s, but limits these insights to brief glimpses.
Tiger Bay is also unusual in its treatment of kids, taking them seriously - their culture, the way they play, the way they think. Child star Hayley Mills made her screen debut - aged twelve - as the young girl who befriends troubled drifter Bronik (Horst Bucholz).
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