The Sleeping Tiger

The Sleeping Tiger

A saint turned sinner!

1954 · 89 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama, Thriller

A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who wishes to experiment on him and a doctor's wife who wishes to seduce him.

Directed by Joseph Losey · Written by Harold Buchman

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