Sleeping Dogs
“What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!”
1978•NR•1h 47m•5.8•Released
ActionDramaThriller
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, Maori
Studio
New Zealand Film Commission
Cast
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
Don Selwyn
Taupiri
Tommy Tinirau
Old Maori Man
Roger Oakley
Assassin Leader
Production
Company
New Zealand Film Commission
Company
Aardvark Films
Company
Broadbank Investments
Company
New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council
Producer
Roger Donaldson
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