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'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's later Harold Pinter adaptations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi李海鹏嘟囔着边走边道：“我是说真的，昨晚上那些鬼子就是这样，呼的一下出现，呼的一下又消失了，他们用的多半就是这土行术，可惜没抓个活口，不然可以问一问，我用理论验证过啊，根据爱恩斯坦的相对论，我们可以把空间想像成多个平面，如果我们由一点去另一点，通常认为走直线最近，其实不然，如果我们有足够的力量将直线拉弯，那么就可以快速直达了。”