

The Sleeping Tiger
1954-06-21 · 89 min · ★ 5.6
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.
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- Directors
- Joseph Losey
- Production companies
- Insignia Films
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Dirk BogardeFrank Clemmons
Alexis SmithGlenda Esmond
Alexander KnoxDr. Clive Esmond
Hugh GriffithInspector Simmons
Patricia McCarronSally Foster, maid
Maxine AudleyCarol
Glyn HoustonBailey
Harry TowbHarry, second criminal
Russell WatersManager of Pearce & Mann
Billie WhitelawReceptionist at Pearce & Mann
Fred GriffithsTaxi Driver
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