Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs (1978)

What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!

Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.

Date of release
1978-07-13
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (50)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Director
Roger Donaldson

Casting

  • Sam Neill — Smith
  • Ian Mune — Bullen
  • Warren Oates — Col. Willoughby
  • Nevan Rowe — Gloria
  • Donna Akersten — Mary
  • Ian Watkin — Dudley
  • William Johnson — Cousins
  • Melissa Donaldson — Melissa
  • Dougal Stevenson — News Reader
  • Bernard Kearns — Prime Minister
  • Raf Irving — Reporter
  • Cass Donaldson — Cass

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