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Tiger in the Smoke (1956)

Tiger in the Smoke poster
Directed by
Roy Ward Baker
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A tight-knit group hunts a dangerous criminal in foggy London. The story follows a search through misty streets and a brief detour to France.

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What happens

Tiger in the Smoke is a 1956 British crime film directed by Roy Ward Baker (billed as Roy Baker) and starring Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Tony Wright, Bernard Miles and Christopher Rhodes. It is based on the 1952 novel The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham. The film is set in a noirish smog-shrouded London and briefly in Brittany, France, and combines the genres of mystery, thriller, crime and drama. The cinematography was by Geoffrey Unsworth. Except for the omission of the principal character of Albert Campion, the film follows the plot of the book very closely. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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