Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs

1978
1h 47m
5.8

5.8/10

50 votes • View on IMDb
Action Drama Thriller

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

Overview

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $308,205

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
New Zealand Film Commission Aardvark Films Broadbank Investments New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council
Production Countries
New Zealand
Spoken Languages
English Maori

Keywords

civil war based on novel or book dystopia new zealand

Quick Facts

Release Date July 13, 1978
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0076725

Cast

Sam Neill
Sam Neill

Smith

Ian Mune
Ian Mune

Bullen

Warren Oates
Warren Oates

Col. Willoughby

Nevan Rowe
Nevan Rowe

Gloria

Donna Akersten
Donna Akersten

Mary

Ian Watkin
Ian Watkin

Dudley

William Johnson
William Johnson

Cousins

Melissa Donaldson
Melissa Donaldson

Melissa

Dougal Stevenson
Dougal Stevenson

News Reader

Bernard Kearns
Bernard Kearns

Prime Minister

Raf Irving
Raf Irving

Reporter

Cass Donaldson
Cass Donaldson

Cass

Key Crew

Roger Donaldson
Director
Ian Mune
Screenplay
Arthur Baysting
Screenplay
Roger Donaldson
Producer