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Tiger Bay

Tiger Bay

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: TIGER BAY
Review: A very impressive story. Surely one of Hayley's best movies

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Tiger Bay Roars
Review: Directed by J. Lee Thompson who brought you "The Guns of Navarrone" and "Cape Fear", Tiger Bay is a top notch suspense film. The 13 year old Haley Mills plays a tom boy who sees a murder by Horst Buchholz ("Magnificent Seven"). Of course, the killer sees the little girl who is the only person who can identify him and comes after her. Her true life father, John Mills, plays the police investigator in charge of this murder case. Haley Mills performance is riviting and won her a special award at the Berlin Film Festival.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Tiger Bay Roars
Review: Directed by J. Lee Thompson who brought you "The Guns of Navarrone" and "Cape Fear", Tiger Bay is a top notch suspense film. The 13 year old Haley Mills plays a tom boy who sees a murder by Horst Buchholz ("Magnificent Seven"). Of course, the killer sees the little girl who is the only person who can identify him and comes after her. Her true life father, John Mills, plays the police investigator in charge of this murder case. Haley Mills performance is riviting and won her a special award at the Berlin Film Festival.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "Hayley Mills' Debut at 12 in "Tiger Bay"
Review: Hayley Mills in her first non-Disney movie debut. At the tender age of 12,she plays Gillie,a girl who sees everything in "Tiger Bay". John Mills (Hayley's father) stars as the police detective in this movie about how Gillie witnesses a murder,and tries not to tell the truth about the Polish sailor Bronislav Korchinski (Horst Buchholtz). If you never seen this movie,get it today!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "Hayley Mills' Debut at 12 in "Tiger Bay"
Review: Hayley Mills in her first non-Disney movie debut. At the tender age of 12,she plays Gillie,a girl who sees everything in "Tiger Bay". John Mills (Hayley's father) stars as the police detective in this movie about how Gillie witnesses a murder,and tries not to tell the truth about the Polish sailor Bronislav Korchinski (Horst Buchholtz). If you never seen this movie,get it today!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Hayley Mills. The Magnificent Seven duck for cover.
Review: Hayley Mills. She's the thief that stole my heart. Resistance is futile. There's only one Hayley Mills. This is fortunate. Two would make 'Black Hawk Down' look like a CND march. She's the radioactive little scamp of whom Mohammed Ali allegedly whimpered "blimey, I'm off to the rumble in the jungle".
In this movie our Haze demolishes half of Wales in the pursuit of true lurve. Bullets cannot faze her. Cars bounce off her. Murderers melt before her gaze. Arnold Swarzenegger pleads a prior engagement. Stephen Seagal...well, we won't bother about him. Actually, Wales is already quite dangerous before four foot nothing of Hayley goes into action. She is a witness to a murder so the police want her to help them with their enquiries. But first they have to catch her. There are no SWAT teams in Wales so they are immediately in trouble. Next to her, Richard Kimble has rickets. It takes 15 officers and a bus to stop her. They should have sent an armoured truck. Resistance is futile.

The murderer is played by Horst Bucholz, the only member of 'The Magnificent Seven' people can't remember in pub quizes. The police discover that Bucholz has gone to board a ship and escape Britain, so they chase to the docks. The whole universe loves Hayley and throws various impediments in the way of the car but to no avail. Once on board the ship, the chief inspector, played by real life father John Mills, wants our Haze to identify the culprit and gives her a very stern lecture on the importance of honesty and morality. Being a modern Miss, our Haze quickly comes to the conclusion as to what really matters in life...Looks! Give Mr Bucholz a recording contract. Preferably Ricky Martin's. She won't give up the bad guy who is forced to reveal himself when she rather expediently falls over board. They are both rescued. He hugs her. She weeps. He hugs her some more. Oh, how I hate him. But not even Hannibal Lector would harm a hair on Hayley's head. Resistance is futile. I recently saw a picture of her at her father's birthday celebrations and she hasn't aged a bit.

COMING NEXT: Hayley invades Mars. Rockets fly! Laser's zap! RESISTANCE IS.....

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A remarkable story beautifully told!
Review: I first saw this movie at Goose Bay AFB in Labrador on a cold winter's night at the base theatre. I had no idea what was being shown, nor had any of the other GI's who attended that evening. Near the end of the film there is a particularly exciting moment and the entire audience - well over a thousand guys! - gasped with astonishment! At the end there was applause and shouts of "Great movie!" Several of us followed the movie as it wound its way to the many theatres on the air base, and we took others who hadn't seen it who were also deeply moved by the story. Over the years, now on video tape and DVD (Hurrah!) this "little" movie never fails to deliver its huge emotional impact. Hayley Mills (pre-Disney) and Horst Buchholz (pre-Magnificent Seven) will break your heart and then restore it. A truly great motion picture, one once discovered is never forgotten! If you haven't seen it you are missing one of the all-time classic films!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very entertaining, pre-Disney Hayley
Review: I just got through trashing another of Hayley's movies, The Moon-Spinners, so I want to make sure I give credit where credit is due.

This 1959 movie was Hayley's debut, in which she stole the show and received an award at the Berlin Film festival. Hayley went on to do a seemingly endless string of Disney movies.

This is a well-made action adventure, although the very end was a bit of a cliche. However, I recommend it for Hayley fans, or anyone looking for a good adventure.

The DVD picture is a bit grainy and has some artifacts, but not too distracting. Chapters only. No extras - not even a trailer.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: just great
Review: I loved this movie - Hayley Mills was one of my idols when I was a young girl. I remember seeing Truth about Spring also - I wonder where I can get that video.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Haunting, touching; a classic
Review: I, too, saw this film first many years ago, then again recently, and I am still amazed at its power, for such a "little" film. An intriguing storyline, acted with great depth by young Mills and the rest of the cast. Seeing this makes you understand why Mills was such a hot property when young, and how Disney failed to use her properly. This ranks with the best of the "art" films of the late 50s and 60s; a true find.


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