The Sleeping Tiger Movie Review 1954

A thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist, who captures him. In exchange for his freedom, the thief agrees to become a guinea pig for the doctor's rehabilitation theories with ultimately tragic results. Director Losey was originally compelled to release the film under a pseudonym, "Victor Hanbury," because he had been blacklisted by Hollywood during the 1950s red scare. First pairing of Losey and Bogarde, who collaborated on several later films, including "Modesty Blaise" (1966) and "Accident" (1967).

Distribution

Sinister Cinema, PO Box 4369, Medford, OR 97501-0168, Phone: (541)773-6860, Fax: (541)779-8650, Email: scinema@qwest.net, URL: http://www.sinistercinema.com

Available on VHS
Running time 89 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Shrinks

Screenplay

Harold Buchman, Carl Foreman

Cast

Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox, Dirk Bogarde, Hugh Griffith

Director

Joseph Losey

Music

Malcolm Arnold

Producer

Anglo-Amalgamated Film