Search - The Sleeping Tiger on DVD

Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1954 DVD Release: 06/26/2007 Format: DVD - Black and White Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 27 mins Studio: Alpha Video Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Drama, Psychological Drama

The direction of The Sleeping Tiger was credited to Victor Hanbury, but this was actually a pseudonym for the blacklisted Joseph Losey, whose first British film this was. Alexander Knox stars as psychiatrist Clive Esmond, who believes that he can stem the criminal tendencies of young fugitive from justice Frank Clements (Dirk Bogarde). To this end, Esmond hides Clements in his own home. At first hostile towards the handsome crook, Esmond's wife Glenda (Alexis Smith) gradually warms up to her house guest, and before long she and Clements are casting lustful glances at one another. She intends to run off with Clements and make a new life for herself, when suddenly he decides that he actually wants to reform. If nothing else, The Sleeping Tiger is a fascinating precursor to the sexual tensions prevalent in Losey's later Harold Pinter adaptations. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Dirk Bogarde - Frank Clements
Alexander Knox - Dr. Clive Esmond
Hugh Griffith - Inspector Simmons
Patricia McCarron - Sally
Alexis Smith - Glenda Esmond