The direction  of The Sl eeping Ti ger was cre dited to  Victor  Hanbury, b ut this was act ually a  pseudonym for the bl acklisted Jos eph Losey, w hose first B ritish fi lm this  was. Ale xander Knox  stars as psyc hiatris t Clive Esmond, w ho believe s that he can s tem the crimin al tenden cies of young  fugitive fr om justice F rank Clements ( Dirk Bogarde ). To this end, Esmond hi des Clements in his own  home. A t first host ile towards t he hands ome crook , Esmond &#3 9;s wife Gle nda (Alexis  Smith) graduall y warms up to her ho use guest, a nd befor e long she and Clements are casting lus tful glances a t one ano ther. She int ends to run off with Clement s and make  a new life  for herself,  when sudde nly he deci des that he actu ally wants t o reform. I f nothi ng else, T he Sleeping  Tiger is a fa scinating pr ecursor  to the sexua l tensio ns prevalent in Losey&#3 9;s lat er Harold  Pinter adapt ations. ~ Ha l Erickson , Rovi　　Th e directi on of The Sleeping Tige r was credit ed to Victor Ha nbury, but thi s was actual ly a pse udo