Action of the Tiger

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Action of the Tiger
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Directed byTerence Young
Written byRobert Carson
Peter Myers (adaptation)
James Wellard (novel)
Produced byKenneth Harper
George Willoughby (associate producer)
Co-executive producer:
Joseph Blau
Johnny Meyer
StarringVan Johnson
Martine Carol
Herbert Lom
Gustavo Rojo
CinematographyDesmond Dickinson
Edited byFrank Clarke
Music byHumphrey Searle
Production
companies
Claridge Productions
Van Johnson Enterprises
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1]
Release date
  • August 20, 1957 (1957-08-20)
(U.S.)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$863,000[2]
Box office$1,640,000[2]

Action of the Tiger is a 1957 British-American CinemaScope action film directed by Terence Young and starring Van Johnson and Martine Carol. It was distributed by MGM.

The plot is about the rescue of a political prisoner held in Albania. Carson, played by Van Johnson, is an American contraband runner approached by Tracy, a French woman who wants him to help rescue her brother. Supporting actor Sean Connery would reunite with director Terence Young for the first film in the James Bond series, Dr. No (1962).

The title comes from William Shakespeare's Henry V.[3]

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According to MGM records, the film earned $465,000 in the United States and Canada and $1,175,000 elsewhere, resulting in a net profit of $25,000.[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ Action of the Tiger at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. ^ "Famous Quotes by William Shakespeare from the play King Henry V". www.william-shakespeare.info.

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