The Sleeping Tiger

A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who wishes to experiment on him and a doctor's wife who wishes to seduce him.

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

as Frank Clemmons

Alexis Smith

as Glenda Esmond

Alexander Knox

as Dr. Clive Esmond

Hugh Griffith

as Inspector Simmons

Patricia McCarron

as Sally Foster, maid

Maxine Audley

as Carol

Glyn Houston

as Bailey

Harry Towb

as Harry, second criminal

Russell Waters

as Manager of Pearce & Mann

Billie Whitelaw

as Receptionist at Pearce & Mann

Reviews

John Chard

In this personality it's a tiger, a sleeping tiger. The Sleeping Tiger is directed by Joseph Losey (using the alias Victor Hanbury) and adapted to screenplay by Derek Frye from the novel written by Maurice Moiseiwitswch. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox, Patricia McCarron, Max...

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