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Sleeping Dogs
“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.
Directed by Roger Donaldson
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User score
47 votes
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Status
Released
Released
July 13, 1978
Runtime
1h 47m
Language
English, Maori
Budget → Revenue
$308.2K → —
Top 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
Clyde Scott
Jesperson
Dorothy McKegg
Gloria's Mother
Tony Groser
Gloria's Father
Bernard Moody
Man at Wharf
Laurie Dee
Special Sergeant
