Tiger in the Smoke (Original title)
Date: 24 December 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Roy Baker
Synopsis: A gang of war veterans masquerading as street musicians are searching the London underworld for Jack Havoc, their former sergeant, who, during a wartime commando raid on a French Chateau, deprived them of some hidden loot. After many adventures the gang and Havoc are taken into custody by the police.
Genre: Action and Adventure
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8457 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n276 January 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7260 21 Nov 1956 Page: 5
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7260 21 Nov 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2571 22 Nov 1956 Page: 14
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2571 22 Nov 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v87 n7656 21 Nov 1956 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v87 n7656 21 Nov 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1477016
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9200 FeetStock date: 1956BFI identifier: C-171845
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 24 December 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Roy Baker
Synopsis: A gang of war veterans masquerading as street musicians are searching the London underworld for Jack Havoc, their former sergeant, who, during a wartime commando raid on a French Chateau, deprived them of some hidden loot. After many adventures the gang and Havoc are taken into custody by the police.
Genre: Action and Adventure
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8457 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(24)
Production Company: Leslie Parkyn Productions, Production Company: Rank Film Productions, Producer: Leslie Parkyn, Production Supervisor: Fred Swann, Production Controller: Arthur Alcott, Assistant Director: Peter Manley, Continuity: Penny Daniels, Script: Anthony Pélissier, Original novel: Margery Allingham, Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth, Camera Operator: Jack Atcheler, [Clapper Loader]: Mike Fox, Editor: John D. Guthridge, Art Director: Jack Maxsted, Dress Designer: John Ellacott, Make-up: Bob Lawrence, Hair: Biddy Chrystal, Music: Malcolm Arnold, Sound Recording: Geoffrey Daniels, Sound Recording: Gordon K. McCallum, [Sound Assistant]: Harry Fairbairn, Sound: Roger Cherrill, Thanks to: City of London Police
Cast
(18)
Donald Sinden (Geoffrey Levett), Muriel Pavlow (Meg Elgin), Tony Wright (Jack Havoc), Bernard Miles (Tiddy Doll), Alec Clunes (Asst. Commissioner Oates), Laurence Naismith (Canon Avril), Christopher Rhodes (Chief Inspector Luke), Charles Victor (Will), Thomas Heathcote (Roly), Sam Kydd (Tom), Kenneth Griffith (Crutches), Beatrice Varley (Mrs. Cash), Violet Gould, Stratford Johns ([]), Gerald Harper, Stanley Rose, Brian Wilde, Hilda Barry
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n276 January 1957 Page: 4Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n276 January 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7260 21 Nov 1956 Page: 5
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7260 21 Nov 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2571 22 Nov 1956 Page: 14
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2571 22 Nov 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v87 n7656 21 Nov 1956 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v87 n7656 21 Nov 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1477016
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9200 FeetStock date: 1956BFI identifier: C-171845
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status