ThedirectionofTheSleepingTigerwascreditedtoVictorHanbury,butthiswasactuallyapseudonymfortheblacklistedJosephLosey,whosefirstBritishfilmthiswas.AlexanderKnoxstarsaspsychiatristCliveEsmond,whobelievesthathecanstemthecriminaltendenciesofyoungfugitivefromjusticeFrankClements(DirkBogarde).Tothisend,EsmondhidesClementsinhisownhome.Atfirsthostiletowardsthehandsomecrook,Esmond'swifeGlenda(AlexisSmith)graduallywarmsuptoherhouseguest,andbeforelongsheandClementsarecastinglustfulglancesatoneanother.SheintendstorunoffwithClementsandmakeanewlifeforherself,whensuddenlyhedecidesthatheactuallywantstoreform.Ifnothingelse,TheSleepingTigerisafascinatingprecursortothesexualtensionsprevalentinLosey'slaterHaroldPinteradaptations.~HalErickson,Rovbbb
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