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Actors: John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills, Anthony Dawson
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Tiger Bay |
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TIGER BAY is a british movie directed by Jack Lee Thompson in 1959. Hayley Mills won the Special Prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
Horst Buchholz is a young polish born sailor just returning home in England. Tired of waiting for him, his girl-friend has moved and has become the mistress of Anthony Dawson. In an access of jealousy, Buchholz killed her with Dawson's gun left in a drawer. Only Gillie, an 11 years old orphan girl, has witnessed the murder through the door's letterbox. She's fascinated with the gun and steals it from a scared Buchholz hidden in the building. Soon Buchholz recovers and finds Gillie. He persuades her to leave England by boat with him and both hide for a few hours in the country. Meanwhile, patiently, Superintendant Graham tries to find the murderer. Buchholz who at first wanted to kill the little girl develops an amical friendship with her and decides to let her go while he tries to embark on a south-american boat. But Graham now knows his identity and has found Gillie. Will he be able to stop Buchholz before the young sailor reaches the international waters ?
Excellent.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Tiger Bay |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal/victim falls in love with victim/criminal
- criminal becomes sensitive
- criminal kidnappers
If this is a criminal POV story...
- bad criminals on the run
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- civilian sailor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Water?
Yes
Water:
- drowning
Misc setting
- building
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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