Sleeping Dogs
“What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!”
1977•NR•1h 47m•5.6•Released
ActionThrillerDrama
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.
Director
Roger Donaldson
Writer
Ian Mune, Arthur Baysting
Budget
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
New Zealand Film Commission
Cast
Sam Neill
Smith
Warren Oates
Col. Willoughby
Ian Mune
Bullen
Ian Watkin
Dudley
William Johnson
Cousins
Davina Whitehouse
Elsie
Nevan Rowe
Gloria
Clyde Scott
Jesperson
Donna Akersten
Mary
Don Selwyn
Taupiri
Melissa Donaldson
Melissa
Dougal Stevenson
News Reader
Bernard Kearns
Prime Minister
Raf Irving
Reporter
Tommy Tinirau
Old Maori Man
Production
Company
New Zealand Film Commission
Company
Aardvark Films
Company
Broadbank Investments
Producer
Roger Donaldson
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