Film of tense game, with Tiger beaten at the end (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
true grit
'film' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'tense game with tiger beaten at the end' is the wordplay.
'tense' becomes 't' (abbreviation used in many dictionaries).
'game' becomes 'ru' (rugby union**).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'beaten' indicates an anagram.
'at the end' says to put letters next to each other.
'tiger' is an anagram of 'egrit'.
't'+'ru'+'egrit'='TRUE GRIT'
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for true grit that I've seen before include "Film" , "Western" , "Genuine courage (John Wayne's)" , "vehicle for John Wayne" , "movie" .)