Tiger Bay (1959)

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Country: UK
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1959-12-14
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Writers: Noël Calef , John Hawkesworth , Shelley Smith
Language: English | Polish | Spanish
Stars: Hayley Mills , Horst Buchholz , John Mills , Yvonne Mitchell , Megs Jenkins , Anthony Dawson , George Selway , Shari , George Pastell , Paul Stassino
Runtime: 105 min
Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 4 nominations total
AKA: Questione di vita o di morte (Italy) , Nieletni świadek (Poland) , De ogen van de getuige (Belgium) , La bahía del tigre (Spain) , Hun så det (Denmark) , Dyo matia eidan to eglima (Greece) , Tigrov zaljev , Şahidin Gözleri (Turkey) , Tiger Bay (United Kingdom) , 追いつめられて... (Japan) , Les yeux du témoin (Canada) , Kohtalokas kotiinpaluu (Finland) , Mystery at Tiger Bay (United States of America) , Tiger Bay , Tiger Bay - ich kenne den Mörder (Germany) , Тигровая бухта , Marcados Pelo Destino (Brazil) , La bahía del tigre (Mexico) , Os olhos da testemunha (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Tiger Bay (Canada) , Farligt ögonvittne (Sweden) , Oitsumerarete ... (Japan) , Ich kenne den Mörder , Tiger Bay (Romania) , Tiger Bay (United States of America) , La bahía del tigre (Peru) , Tiger Bay , Les yeux du témoin (France, French Republic)
Plot: Gille Jenkins (Hayley Mills), a twelve-year-old tomboy and compulsive liar living in a sordid tenement with her single parent mother, witnesses the murder of an immigrant Polish woman living in an nearby apartment by her former boyfriend, Bronislaus Korchinsky. The young merchant marine becomes distraught when he discovers that she has become the mistress of a married British sports announcer and shoots her with her own gun. Gillie lies about the circumstances in order to keep the gun which she discovers where Korchinsky hid it. She ultimately bonds with him and misleads the police in their investigation.
IMDB:tt0053361