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The Sleeping Tiger (1954)Director:Joseph Losey |
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Title: The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
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Frank Clemmons
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Glenda Esmond
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| Alexander Knox | ... |
Dr. Clive Esmond
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The Inspector
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Patricia McCarron | ... |
Sally Foster, maid
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Maxine Audley | ... |
Carol
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Glyn Houston | ... |
Bailey
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Harry Towb | ... |
Harry, second criminal
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Russell Waters | ... |
Manager of Pearce & Mann
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| Billie Whitelaw | ... |
Receptionist at Pearce & Mann
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Fred Griffiths | ... |
Taxi Driver
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Esma Cannon | ... |
Scrubwoman with ladder
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 October 1954 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La bête s'éveille See more »Filming Locations:
Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UKCompany Credits
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Joseph Losey, working under a pseudonym after his blacklisting, didn't want to make this overbaked British melodrama. And who can blame him, given the heavy-breathing histrionics of the screenplay, a ridiculous concoction about a psychiatrist and his sexually frustrated wife harboring a hoodlum. The plot turns are unconvincing, the music hilariously overblown, and Alexander Knox, as the shrink, terminally uninteresting.
What makes this mess watchable is its game imitation of American noir tropes (dark alleys, femmes fatales, car chases), and some good very early rock-and-roll/jazz in the pub sequences. Also, the film can be viewed as a warmup for the later Losey-Bogarde collaborations, which explored similar themes (guilt, moral ambiguity, the nature of evil) much more expertly.