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.
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Title: The Sleeping Tiger Summary: After a convict breaks in a psychotherapist's home, he agrees to rehabilitation rather than arrest but the therapist's wife becomes infatuated with him. Directed by: Joseph Losey Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox Production Company: Victor Hanbury Productions Release Date: 8 October 1954 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 Color: Black and White A psychotherapist attempts to rehabilitate a convict in his home after he breaks in. The criminal cooperates rather than being handed over to the police. The therapist's wife becomes infatuated with the man in the hopes he will take her away.
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- Director
- Joseph Losey
- Starring
- Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox, Hugh Griffith, Patricia McCarron, Maxine Audley, Glyn Houston, Harry Towb
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