Tiger by the Tail (1955)

Directed by

John Gilling

Genre

detective film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

16

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is drawn into a web of danger and deception when a murder investigation turns personal. He must untangle a series of lies and hidden motives to clear his own name.

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What happens

Tiger by the Tail (U.S. title: Cross-Up; also known as CrossUp) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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