
Possessed(1947)
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.


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.

Dirk Bogarde
Frank Clemmons

Alexis Smith
Glenda Esmond

Alexander Knox
Dr. Clive Esmond

Hugh Griffith
Inspector Simmons

Patricia McCarron
Sally Foster, maid

Maxine Audley
Carol

Glyn Houston
Bailey

Harry Towb
Harry, second criminal

Russell Waters
Manager of Pearce & Mann

Billie Whitelaw
Receptionist at Pearce & Mann
The Sleeping Tiger is a drama, thriller film released in 1954 exploring themes of film noir, psychiatrist, british noir. Directed by Joseph Losey, it stars Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox. 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.
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