Tiger in the Smoke

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

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.

Director

Roy Ward Baker

Screenplay

Anthony Pelissier

Novela

Margery Allingham

Status

Released

Release date

27/11/1956

Original language

English