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Sleeping Dogs
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Sleeping Dogs

1978-07-13 · 107 min · ★ 5.8

Action · Drama · Thriller

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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Directors
Roger Donaldson
Production companies
New Zealand Film Commission, Aardvark Films, Broadbank Investments, New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council
Countries
New Zealand
Status
Released
Budget
USD 308,205

Top Cast

Sam NeillSam NeillSmith
Ian MuneIan MuneBullen
Warren OatesWarren OatesCol. Willoughby
Nevan RoweNevan RoweGloria
Donna AkerstenDonna AkerstenMary
Ian WatkinIan WatkinDudley
William JohnsonWilliam JohnsonCousins
Melissa DonaldsonMelissa
Dougal StevensonNews Reader
Bernard KearnsPrime Minister
Raf IrvingReporter
Cass DonaldsonCass
Don SelwynTaupiri
Tommy TinirauOld Maori Man
Roger OakleyRoger OakleyAssassin Leader
Clyde ScottJesperson
Dorothy McKeggDorothy McKeggGloria's Mother
Tony GroserGloria's Father
Bernard MoodyBernard MoodyMan at Wharf
Laurie DeeSpecial Sergeant

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