Tiger Shark (film) should not be confused with Tigershark (film).
| Tiger Shark | |
| Director: | Howard Hawks |
| Producer: | Bryan Foy |
| Story: | Houston Branch |
| Budget: | $375,000[1] |
| Gross: | $879,000 |
| Screenplay: | Wells Root |
| Starring: | |
| Music: | Bernhard Kaun |
| Cinematography: | Tony Gaudio |
| Editing: | Thomas Pratt |
| Distributor: | First National Pictures |
| Runtime: | 77 minutes |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | United States |
Tiger Shark is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama romantic film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen and Zita Johann.[2]
The wife of one-handed tuna fisherman Mike Mascarenhas falls for the man whose life Mike had saved while at sea.
The film was made in the same year as Scarface, which is considered to be the Howard Hawks' best film of the early sound era. The general storyline was repeated several times in later films such as Manpower (1941) with Marlene Dietrich and George Raft, in which Robinson plays the same role but as a powerline worker.
John Lee Mahin worked on the script for the film uncredited.[3]
The film's leading lady Zita Johann may be best remembered for her role in Karl Freund's The Mummy, also released in that same year, 1932.
According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $436,000 domestically and $443,000 foreign.[1]