---
title: 'Tiger Bay (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'J. Lee Thompson'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tiger-bay-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053361/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tiger Bay (1959)

1959 · 105 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Tiger Bay is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson. It stars John Mills as a police superintendent investigating a murder; his real-life daughter Hayley Mills, in her first major film role, as a girl who witnesses the murder; and Horst Buchholz as a young sailor who commits the murder in a moment of passion. The title refers to the Tiger Bay district of Cardiff, where much of the film was shot.

## Credits

- **Director:** [J. Lee Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-lee-thompson)
- **Screenplay:** [John Hawkesworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hawkesworth)
- **Producer:** [John Hawkesworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hawkesworth)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Laurie Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurie-johnson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Eric Cross](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-cross)
- **Editor:** [Sidney Hayers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-hayers)

## Cast

- [Hayley Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayley-mills)
- [John Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mills)
- [Anthony Dawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-dawson)
- [Horst Buchholz](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-buchholz)
- [Yvonne Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-mitchell)
- [Megs Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/megs-jenkins)

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