p The direction of The Sleeping Tiger was credited to Victor Hanbury, but this was actually a pseudonym for the blacklisted Joseph Losey, whose first British film this was Alexander Knox stars as psychiatrist Clive Esmond, who believes that he can stem the criminal tendencies of young fugitive from justice Frank Clements Dirk Bogarde To this end, Esmond hides Clements in his own home At first hostile towards the handsome crook, Esmond 三九 s wife Glenda Alexis Smith gradually warms up to her house guest, and before long she and Clements are casting lustful glances at one another She intends to run off with Clements and make a new life for herself, when suddenly he decides that he actually wants to reform If nothing else, The Sleeping Tiger is a fascinating precursor to the sexual tensions prevalent in Losey 三九 s later Harold Pinter adaptations Hal Erickson, Rovi p