在虚构的故事中寻求真实感的人脑子一定有问题。”《凉宫春日的忧郁》——阿虚ThedirectionofTheSleepingTigerwascreditedtoVictorHanbury,butthiswasactuallyapseudonymfortheblacklistedJosephLosey,whosefirstBritishfilmthiswas.AlexanderKnoxstarsaspsychiatristCliveEsmond,whobelievesthathecanstemthecriminaltendenciesofyoungfugitivefromjusticeFrankClements(DirkBogarde).Tothisend,EsmondhidesClementsinhisownhome.Atfirsthostiletowardsthehandsomecrook,Esmond'swifeGlenda(AlexisSmith)graduallywarmsuptoherhouseguest,andbeforelongsheandClementsarecastinglustfulglancesatoneanother.SheintendstorunoffwithClementsandmakeanewlifeforherself,whensuddenlyhedecidesthatheactuallywantstoreform.Ifnothingelse,TheSleepingTigerisafascinatingprecursortothesexualtensionsprevalentinLosey'slaterHaroldPinteradaptations.~HalErickson,Rovi