Tiger in the Smoke

IMDb 6.7 1956 • 94 min • ThrillerCrime

Director

Roy Ward Baker

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Donald Sinden
Donald Sinden Geoffrey Leavitt
Muriel Pavlow
Muriel Pavlow Meg Elgin
Tony Wright
Tony Wright Jack Havoc (aka Johnny Cash)
Bernard Miles
Bernard Miles Tiddy Doll the Gang Leader
Beatrice Varley
Beatrice Varley Lucy Cash