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Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs
★ 5.8/10•1978•1h 47m•NR•Action•Drama•Thriller

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.

Roger Donaldson · Director

Ian Mune · Screenplay

Arthur Baysting · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 47m
LanguageEN
Release DateJul 13, 1978
Budget$308,205

Actors

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

Dougal Stevenson

News Reader

Bernard Kearns

Prime Minister

Raf Irving

Reporter

Cass Donaldson

Cass

Don Selwyn

Taupiri

Tommy Tinirau

Old Maori Man

Roger Oakley

Roger Oakley

Assassin Leader

Clyde Scott

Jesperson

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