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Director
  
John Gilling

Music director
  
Stanley Black

Duration
  

Language
  
English

5/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Cinematography
  
Eric Cross

Country
  
United Kingdom

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Release date
  
1955

Based on
  
Never Come Back  by John Mair

Writer
  
John Gilling, Willis Goldbeck, John Mair (novel)

Cast
  
Larry Parks
,
Constance Smith
,
Cyril Chamberlain
,
Donald Stewart
,
Thora Hird

Similar movies
  
Related John Gilling movies

Tiger by the Tail, also known as Cross-Up, is a 1955 British crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Lisa Daniely and Donald Stewart. It is an adaptation of the novel Never Come Back by John Mair. Larry Parks, a memorable Al Jolson in The Jolson Story, had fallen foul of America's House Un-American Activities Committee, and had his first film role for four years starring in this British low budgeter.

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Plot

An American journalist works to expose a criminal gang in London. But his investigation of their counterfeiting activities leads to his kidnapping by the gang.

Main cast

  • Larry Parks - John Desmond
  • Constance Smith - Jane Claymore
  • Lisa Daniely - Anna Ray
  • Donald Stewart - Macauly
  • Cyril Chamberlain - Foster
  • Ronan O'Casey - Nick
  • Alexander Gauge - Fitzgerald
  • Ronald Leigh-Hunt - Doctor Scott
  • June Rodney - Young Psychiatric Nurse
  • Joan Heal - Annabella
  • Thora Hird - Mary
  • Doris Hare - Nurse Brady
  • Marie Bryant - Melodie
  • Russell Westwood - Sam
  • John H. Watson - Truscott
  • Robert Moore - Clarke
  • Hal Osmond - Charlie
  • Frank Forsyth - Sergeant Gross
  • Alastair Hunter - Hotel Clerk
  • Margot Bryant - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
  • Critical reception

  • Radio Times described the film as "a tatty little tale."
  • Sky Movies called it a "thoroughly routine British `B' thriller...Familiar situations and backdrops give a competent cast ... little chance to elevate their material above the ordinary. Director John Gilling, who also co-scripted, ensures the thriller is competent in all departments if no more."
  • References

    Tiger by the Tail Wikipedia
    Tiger by the Tail IMDb Tiger by the Tail themoviedb.org