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Sleeping Dogs 1977 Directed by Roger Donaldson

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.

Production Country New Zealand
Language English
Spoken Language English
Budget $308,205
Release Date 6 October 1977
107 mins
Cast
Sam Neill Smith
Warren Oates Col. Willoughby
Ian Mune Bullen
Ian Watkin Dudley
Nevan Rowe Gloria
Clyde Scott Jesperson
Don Selwyn Taupiri
Dougal Stevenson News Reader
Bernard Kearns Prime Minister
Raf Irving Reporter
Tommy Tinirau Old Maori Man
Bill Juliff Burton
Laurie Dee Special Sergeant
Roger Oakley Assassin Leader
Dorothy McKegg Glorias Mother
Tony Groser Gloria's Father
Bernard Moody Man at Wharf