Tiger Shark
1932 Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Howard Hawks
Screenplay by	Wells Root
Story by	Houston Branch
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Starring	Edward G. Robinson Richard Arlen Zita Johann
Cinematography	Tony Gaudio
Edited by	Thomas Pratt
Music by	Bernhard Kaun
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	September 22, 1932 (1932-09-22) (U.S.)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$375,000[1]
Box office	$879,000[1]

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]

Plot

The wife of one-handed tuna fisherman Mike Mascarenhas falls for the man whose life Mike had saved while at sea.

Cast

Production notes

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.

Box office

According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $436,000 domestically and $443,000 foreign.^[1]