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    Tiger by the Tail (1954)

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    This tale of lone American newspaperman John Desmond (Larry Parks) taking on a gang of international thieves in London begins with the hero’s shooting and collapse, with all the rest one long flashback from his arrival in England.

    His chance meeting with Anna Ray (Lisa Daniely) at a London bar leads to double-dealing and killings.

    Constance Smith is attractive and capable in the female lead as Desmond’s secretary, Jane – a plucky and resourceful heroine in the face of danger.

    Both stars of this film were struggling to revive their careers: Larry Parks had been blacklisted in Hollywood because of former Communist associations, while Constance Smith had been dropped from a lucrative 20th Century-Fox contract after her previous American films had been box-office flops.

    The London backgrounds are faithfully photographed by Eric Cross as directed by John Gilling and the film packs a lot into 85 minutes with a very Hitchcockian sense of humour.

    Released in the US in 1958 as Cross-Up on a double-bill with Run Silent, Run Deep (1958).

    John Desmond
    Larry Parks
    Jane Claymore
    Constance Smith
    Anna Ray
    Lisa Daniely
    Foster
    Cyril Chamberlain
    Macaulay
    Donald Stewart
    Mary
    Thora Hird
    Annabella
    Joan Heal
    Fitzgerald
    Alexander Gauge
    Nick
    Ronan O’Casey
    Singer
    Marie Bryant
    Nurse Brady
    Doris Hare
    Dr Scott
    Ronald Leigh-Hunt
    Clarke
    Robert Moore
    Truscott
    John Watson
    Sam
    Russell Westwood
    Sgt. Gross
    Frank Forsyth

    Director
    John Gilling

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