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Tiger in the Smoke(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-11-27
67%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
The Rank Organisation
Movie: Tiger in the Smoke
Top 10 Billed Cast
Donald Sinden
Geoffrey Leavitt
Muriel Pavlow
Meg Elgin
Tony Wright
Jack Havoc (aka Johnny Cash)
Bernard Miles
Tiddy Doll the Gang Leader
Beatrice Varley
Lucy Cash
Alec Clunes
Asst. Commissioner Oates
Laurence Naismith
Canon Avril
Christopher Rhodes
Chief Inspector Luke
Charles Victor
Will
Thomas Heathcote
Rolly Gripper
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