Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs

107 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Oct. 6, 1977

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.

Sleeping Dogs

107 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Oct. 6, 1977

Sleeping Dogs
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers New Zealand Film Commission, Aardvark Films, Broadbank Investments
Original title Sleeping Dogs
Directors Roger Donaldson
Writers Christian K. Stead, Arthur Baysting, Ian Mune

Cast

Sam Neill

as Smith

Warren Oates

as Col. Willoughby

Ian Mune

as Bullen

Ian Watkin

as Dudley

William Johnson

as Cousins

Nevan Rowe

as Gloria

Clyde Scott

as Jesperson

Donna Akersten

as Mary

Don Selwyn

as Taupiri

Melissa Donaldson

as Melissa

Dougal Stevenson

as News Reader

Bernard Kearns

as Prime Minister

Raf Irving

as Reporter

Tommy Tinirau

as Old Maori Man

Bill Juliff

as Burton

Laurie Dee

as Special Sergeant

Roger Oakley

as Assassin Leader

Dorothy McKegg

as Glorias Mother