Monday, February 21, 2022

 Feb 20th   
Tiger in the Smoke*     
 
(GB 1956)  
Rank 94m. bw

In post war London a young woman sees a man resembling her late husband, that is the work on a secret gang seeking an inheritance of hers. 
Mystery thriller of its time and for its time, routine in resolution after an atmospheric first hour in the Smoke, with an impressive collection of names involved.

Written by: Anthony Pelissier, Margery Allingham, based on her novel.
Producer: Leslie Parkyn.
Director: Roy Ward Baker.
Starring: Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Tony Wright, Christopher Rhodes, Alec Clunes, Laurence Naismith, Bernard Miles, Charles Victor, Sam Kydd, Thomas Heathcote, Kenneth Griffith, Gerald Harper.
Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth.
Music: Malcolm Arnold.

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