Tiger in the Smoke

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure, takes the gang to France to recover it.

Cast

Donald Sinden

as Geoffrey Leavitt

Muriel Pavlow

as Meg Elgin

Tony Wright

as Jack Havoc (aka Johnny Cash)

Bernard Miles

as Tiddy Doll the Gang Leader

Beatrice Varley

as Lucy Cash

Alec Clunes

as Asst. Commissioner Oates

Laurence Naismith

as Canon Avril

Christopher Rhodes

as Chief Inspector Luke

Charles Victor

as Will

Thomas Heathcote

as Rolly Gripper

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