This article relates to the place in Wales, for other meanings see Tiger Bay (disambiguation).
Tiger Bay was the local name for the former Butetown dock area of Cardiff. It was rebranded as Cardiff Bay due to the building of the multi-million pound Cardiff Barrage which dams the tidal rivers Ely and Taff to create a body of water. This renaming has not proven popular with all local residents.
Tiger Bay is a 1959 British film, starring John Mills, his daughter Hayley Mills in her first important film role, and Horst Buchholz.
Shot on location in the Tiger Bay district of Cardiff, and Newport (specifically Newport Transporter Bridge, some 12 miles from Cardiff) it features many authentic scenes of the children's street culture, and the black street culture, of the time. It also features many dockside shots, scenes in real pubs and in the countryside that surrounds the area. The movie marks a vital transitional moment in the move towards the British New Wave cinema exemplified a few years later by A Taste of Honey (1961).
A young Englishman abroad, Michael, visits the local low-life spot of Tiger Bay to test his assertion that the spirit of human romance survives even in the most unpromising of circumstances. He intervenes when a local criminal protection racketeer targets a Chinese nightclub, and falls in love with the owner's young English foster-sister. But Olaf's gang have only just started their campaign against Lui Chang, the cultured, elegant woman who owns the premises... and she is determined not to be intimidated or driven out of business under any circumstances... Written by Igenlode Wordsmith
12 year old Gillie witnesses a Polish Sailor killing his girlfriend and manages to get hold of the gun. When the police question her about the gun, she concocts stories which only get her deeper into trouble. Written by Colin Tinto
