Tiger in the Smoke

Nov 27, 1956

1h 34m

★ 6.5

A killer - savage, relentless, evil, loose in the city's fog he becomes a...

Overview

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure, takes the gang to France to recover it.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

The Rank Organisation

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Cast

Geoffrey Leavitt

Donald Sinden

Meg Elgin

Muriel Pavlow

Jack Havoc (aka Johnny Cash)

Tony Wright

Tiddy Doll the Gang Leader

Bernard Miles

Lucy Cash

Beatrice Varley

Asst. Commissioner Oates

Alec Clunes

Canon Avril

Laurence Naismith

Chief Inspector Luke

Christopher Rhodes

Will

Charles Victor

Rolly Gripper

Thomas Heathcote

Tom Gripper

Sam Kydd

Crutches

Kenneth Griffith

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5.4

Escape

Mar 1, 1948

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7.3

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6.5

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5.2

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6.1

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Mar 19, 1954

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5.6

Stolen Face

May 1, 1952

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6.2

Confession

Jun 1, 1955

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6.3

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Mar 2, 1954

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5.7

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Jun 25, 1954

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6.0

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May 18, 1948

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6.6

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Jan 23, 1953

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5.2

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Dec 26, 1952

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