Tiger by the Tail

Tiger by the Tail (1955)

On the first night of his London assignment, newsagency reporter John Desmonmd becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. The affair ends when she is shot struggling for a gun she has pulled on him. This is only the start of his troubles, as Anna worked for a criminal organisation who know Desmond has now got her valuable contacts list.

Data de estreia
1955-09-19
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (6)
Duração
1 h 20 min
Géneros
Crime
Realizador
John Gilling

Elenco

Curiosidades

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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