Tiger Shark

Tiger Shark (1932)

UNFAITHFUL! ...or Was She Too Lovely To Be One Man's Woman!

A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.

Date of release
1932-09-24
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Howard Hawks

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $879K
  • Budget: $375K
  • Earned 2.3× its budget
  • Filmed in: Hawaii and San Diego

Tiger Shark is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama romantic film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen and Zita Johann.

Production notes

The film was made in the same year as Scarface, which is considered to be the Howard Hawks' best film of the early sound era. The general storyline was repeated several times in later films such as Manpower (1941) with Marlene Dietrich and George Raft, in which Robinson plays the same role but as a powerline worker.

John Lee Mahin worked on the script for the film uncredited.

The film's leading lady Zita Johann may be best remembered for her role in Karl Freund's The Mummy, also released in that same year, 1932.

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