ThedirectionofTheSleepingTigerwascreditedtoVictorHanbury,butthiswasactuallyapseudonymfortheblacklistedJosephLosey,whosefirstBritishfilmthiswas.AlexanderKnoxstarsaspsychiatristCliveEsmond,whobelievesthathecanstemthecriminaltendenciesofyoungfugitivefromjusticeFrankClements(DirkBogarde).Tothisend,EsmondhidesClementsinhisownhome.Atfirsthostiletowardsthehandsomecrook,EsmondslaterHaroldPinteradaptations.~HalErickson,Rovi
