Tiger Bay (1959 film) Tiger Bay (1959 film) Tiger Bay is a 1959 British crime drama film based on the short story "Rodolphe et le Revolver" by Noel Calef. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson, produced by John Hawkesworth, and co-written by John Hawkesworth and Shelley Smith (pseudonym of Nancy Hermione Bodington). It stars John Mills as a police superintendent investigating a murder; his real life daughter Hayley Mills, in her first major film role, as a girl who witnesses the murder; and Horst Buchholz as a young sailor who commits the murder in a moment of passion. The film was shot mostly
Hayley Mills sings "Let's Get Together" as a duet with herself. The film was a huge hit around the world, reaching number 8 on a US TOP TEN list. Mills received an offer to make a film in Britain for Bryan Forbes, "Whistle Down the Wind" (1961), about some children who believe an escaped convict is Jesus. It was a big hit at the British box office and Mills was voted the biggest star in Britain for 1961. Mills returned to Disney for an adventure film, "In Search of the Castaways" (1962) based on a novel by Jules Verne. It was another