The direction of The Sleeping Tiger was credited to Victor Hanbury, but this was actually a pseudonym for the blacklisted Joseph Losey, whose first British film this was. Alexander Knox stars as psychiatrist Clive Esmond, who believes that he can stem the criminal tendencies of young fugitive from justice Frank Clements (Dirk Bogarde). To this end, Esmond hides Clements in his own home. At first hostile towards the handsome crook, Esmond's wife Glenda (Alexis Smith) gradually warms up to her house guest, and before long she and Clements are casting lustful glances at one another. She intends to run off with Clements and make a new life for herself, when suddenly he decides that he actually wants to reform. If nothing else, The Sleeping Tiger is a fascinating precursor to the sexual tensions prevalent in Losey's later Harold Pinter adaptations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

美国女子南茜（西妮·罗姆 Sydne Rome 饰）青春性感，她独自一人来意大利旅游，并搭乘了一辆车准备前往目的地。但美好的假期很快被噩梦所笼罩。天色将晚，南茜性感的穿着引起同车三个男人（Carlo Delle Piane & Mario Bussolino etc. 饰）的非分之想。在空无一人的山路上，他们企图强暴南茜。一番挣扎，南茜借助路旁的滑道逃进一座仿佛与世隔绝的庄园。在这座看似美好的庄园里，却充斥着各种各样奇怪的人和事，有赤身裸体走来走去的女人，也有似乎失明的男人。南茜无所适从，小心应对，仿佛置身奇妙的幻境之中。短短几天经历的一切让人难以置信，她最终能否走出这个玄幻之地呢？