The Sleeping Tiger
1954 · 89 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 1,334 VOTES · DIR. Joseph Losey
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 969 lines
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00:02:15 Madam! I'm glad you're back.
00:05:06 If he goes to prison again, he's finished, I’m sure of that.
00:07:26 Do you do much reading?
00:10:31 But he's wrong.
00:13:34 Soft in the head, to have YOU staying in the house.
00:16:24 She was a good-natured woman... she left those things to him.
00:22:16 Yeah...sure.
00:24:48 - Are you going to give it up? - No.
00:29:28 Not at all Mrs Edmonds. I was just telling Clemmons here how lucky he is.
00:32:00 - What would you do if you were on your own? - Oh...I don't know...
00:35:50 Sweeping...dusting...making beds.
00:39:41 Not for you.
00:42:04 If you must know he implied that you were neglecting me...
00:47:20 - How is Sally? - She's quite well.
00:49:31 Psychology pays off.
00:54:47 Call it quits and forget it.
00:57:45 But while I made my rounds early in the day, he sat in the car and waited.
01:00:31 It's a wonder you didn't kill that manager.
01:02:48 Heart.
01:06:20 No.
01:09:51 We're just alike, we know each other, we're fighting the same things..
01:13:08 Still I want you to know you can stay here as long as you like.
01:15:43 But anyway...Clive will be there tomorrow, pleading for you.
01:20:41 Not you...me!
Cast & Characters
Dirk Bogarde
Frank Clemmons
Alexis Smith
Glenda Esmond
Alexander Knox
Dr. Clive Esmond
Hugh Griffith
The Inspector
Patricia McCarron
Sally Foster
Maxine Audley
Carol
Glyn Houston
Bailey
Harry Towb
Harry, second criminal
Russell Waters
Manager of Pearce & Mann
Billie Whitelaw
Receptionist at Pearce & Mann
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed969
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:02:15
Final line01:20:41
Production Record
DirectorJoseph Losey
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,334