The Sleeping Tiger

The Sleeping Tiger
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Losey
Screenplay byHarold Buchman
Carl Foreman
Based onThe Sleeping Tiger
by Maurice Moiseiwitsch
Produced byVictor Hanbury
Stuart Levy
Joseph Losey
StarringAlexis Smith
Alexander Knox
Dirk Bogarde
CinematographyHarry Waxman
Edited byReginald Mills
Music byMalcolm Arnold
Production
companies
Insignia Films
Dorast Pictures
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
  • 21 June 1954 (1954-06-21) (London)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$300,000[1]

The Sleeping Tiger is a 1954 British film noir directed by Joseph Losey and starring Alexis Smith, Dirk Bogarde and Alexander Knox. It was Losey's first British feature, which he directed under the pseudonym of Victor Hanbury due to being blacklisted in the McCarthy Era.[2] It was shot at Walton Studios and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Stoll. It was released by Anglo-Amalgamated while in America it was distributed by Astor Pictures.

  1. ^ Caute, David (1994). Joseph Losey. Oxford University Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-19-506410-0.
  2. ^ The Sleeping Tiger at IMDb.