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