Auf der schwarzen Liste (1955)
Tiger by the Tail
Strohwitwer leben gefährlich. Ken Holland erliegt der Gefahr und besucht den "Blue Rose Club" in Gesellschaft eines bildhübschen Callgirls. Danach macht er noch einen Abstecher in ihre Wohnung, Es gibt keinen Abschied. Als er die Wohnung verläßt, ist das Mädchen tot.
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1955-09-19
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (6)
- Laufzeit
- 1 Std. 20 Min.
- Genres
- Krimi
- Regie
- John Gilling
Besetzung
- Larry Parks — John Desmond
- Constance Smith — Jane Claymore
- Lisa Daniely — Anna Ray
- Cyril Chamberlain — Foster
- Thora Hird — Mary
- Donald Stewart — Macaulay
- Joan Heal — Annabella
- Alexander Gauge — Fitzgerald
- Ronan O'Casey — Nick
Wissenswertes
Tiger by the Tail is a 1955 British second feature ('B') crime thriller film directed by John Gilling and starring Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Lisa Daniely and Donald Stewart. The screenplay was by Gilling and Willis Goldbeck, adapted from the 1942 novel Never Come Back by John Mair.
Production
The film was shot at Walton Studios and on location around London.
Larry Parks had fallen foul of America's House Un-American Activities Committee, and had his first film role for four years starring in this film.
Mair's novel was subsequently adapted under its original name by David Pirie as a three-part TV serial by the BBC in 1990.
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