Tiger Bay
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| Initial release | March 1959 |
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| Directors | J. Lee Thompson |
| Screenplay | John Hawkesworth |
| Shelley Smith | |
| Producers | John Hawkesworth |
| Julian Wintle | |
| Leslie Parkyn | |
| O. K I'm sitting watching Tiger Bay again, and it has stood the test of time for me! O. K, it;s a creaky black and white,but that . . . | |
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| ID | 2900059 |
About Tiger Bay
Rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie (Hayley Mills) witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky (Horst Buchholz). Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself -- Korchinsky's shiny black revolver -- and flees the scene. When Welsh Detective Graham (John Mills) discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course. … MORE
Belfast: The real people and streets behind Branagh's film
Belfast: The Real People and streets behind Branagh's film
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This Sunday, Los Angeles will be The Stage for the biggest and most prestigious event in Hollywood's glitzy Calendar – The Oscars .
But there will be plenty of people in Northern Ireland keeping an eye on the results as Kenneth Branagh 's film, Belfast, is nominated in seven categories.
The Film draws on The Director 's working-class childhood during the late 1960s near the predominantly unionist Tiger's Bay area of north Belfast.
But as well as the recent cinematic success, residents in Tiger's Bay have also been getting involved in The Arts through a New Theatre project.
Green Shoot productions, a not-for-profit theatre company, is producing Two Plays in Tiger's Bay over The Next two years.
Source of news: bbc.com
