The Sleeping Tiger

The Sleeping Tiger

89 mins | Drama, Thriller | June 21, 1954

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.

The Sleeping Tiger

89 mins | Drama, Thriller | June 21, 1954

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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Astor Pictures Corporation, Victor Hanbury Productions, Anglo-Amalgamated Productions
Original title The Sleeping Tiger
Directors Denis Johnson, Joseph Losey
Writers Maurice Moisiewitsch, Harold Buchman, Carl Foreman

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

Fred Griffiths

as Taxi Driver

Esma Cannon

as Scrubwoman with ladder

Ross Parker

as Barman (uncredited)