The]_ dire cti@#on of The  Sleeping Tig;er was` cre*dited to Vict$]or Ha$nbur [-y, *but this %#/.was actua -*lly -\a pseudon=y$m , #for the_ bla.cklisted :*Jo/(s^@eph # L.ose\y, whose first Britis(h fil`;m this@= wa(s. Al?!exa(!nder Knox star@s as psyc/hiatrist Clive, Es [mond, who)
beli!!.eves
:( that he \can
 s(te/.+m the crimin /%;al)] tend$encies of young fugitive from justice Fran;k Clem;ents ( ]Di
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^Boga@_rde), . To this ?end, Esmond _*hides Clem- e*nts: in hi%`s own home.? At#^ first host;[ile towa^, rds the.* *:hand!so+$m \`e crook, Esmond's ,.
wife G=%;len*da (Alexis S\mith) gradua l+ly warms u]+p to ] %@*her house g.
(ues^t`, and bef`]or\`e
^) long#$/ she and Clement/ [s!\ are castin_
:g#@ l=ustful glances at o/ne !? anot/,/her.] Sh e intends to ru$n off:+ ^$*with Clements an
d ma$ke a n ew life for herself, when su=ddenly\ he decides that he actually w^ants t@o. refo?)rm. I^\
f noth=`;_ing el# se, The Sleepi^ ng Tiger is a fascin^\ating precursor to the  s@^exual tensions p*re vale )nt in L].$ ose!^y's lat`]-er Harol
=d *%P`[inter adaptat[;^ions. ~ Hal #Erickson, Ro)_vi