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Feb 24, 2010 · "Tiger Shark" is an early Howard Hawks buddy movie, typical of so much of Hawks more famous output - a triangle with a woman in the middle of 2 mates. This one is set around fishing and there are excellent documentary style inserts of the mechanics of the industry.
That's the plot of "Tiger Shark", starring Edward G. Robinson, and it's also the plot of two dozen other Warners films which are uncredited remakes of "Tiger Shark". Compare this film to "Manpower" (1941), also starring Robinson. In "Tiger Shark" he plays a one-handed fisherman, with a hook at the end of his left arm.
The first 3rd is really annoying with John Quade doing a lot of unfunny schtick, the middle part is fun with Mike Stone showcasing his martial arts and features the films highlight; an underground fight scene. The final act just veers off into generic war film shoot ‘em up with aimless gunfights in the jungle.
Directed by René Cardona Jr. With Susan George, Hugo Stiglitz and Andrés García.Tintorera Blu-ray (Amazon) : https://amzn.to/3QTlWxbTintorera Blu-ray (Kino L...
Steve dives in the shark capital of the world, meets hammerhead and tiger sharks nose to nose and passionately explains why sharks need friends. Director: Rosie Gloyns | Stars: Steve Backshall, Stephen M. Kajiura, Nick Allinson, Johnny Rogers
Tintorera is a 1977 Mexican-British horror film directed by René Cardona Jr. and starring Susan George, Hugo Stiglitz, Fiona Lewis and Andrés García. It is based on the novel of the same name by oceanographer Ramón Bravo, who studied the species of shark known as 'tintorera' (a 19-foot (5.8 m) shark) and discovered the sleeping sharks of Isla Mujeres.
Tiger Shark's driving story line is delivered in a typically Hawksian, no-nonsense style; the fishing scenes are highly charged and very realistic, significant for a film made in the 1930s. Two years after his breakthrough role in Little Caesar (1930), Edward G. Robinson proves his versatility as the Portuguese tuna boat skipper with a bitter ...
