TIGER IN THE SMOKE is one of those films that starts out where you don't know what the heck is going on, but it gradually grips and draws you into the story as it progresses. Donald Sinden plays an innocent man who ends up getting kidnapped by a gang of escaped criminals hiding out in a basement. Meanwhile, the police are on the case and the net gradually closes, leading to a thrilling climax. It's based on an Albert Campion story by popular detective writer Margery Allingham, but confusingly the detective himself has been excised from the tale. Generally it's dark and murky, which goes well with all the fog, and Roy Ward Baker brings the appropriate grit. The most fun in the cast comes from various character actors like Kenneth Griffith, Bernard Miles and Sam Kydd all playing generally against type as low-life criminals.
Review of Tiger in the Smoke
