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Sleeping Dogs (1978)

1h 47m · 13 Jul 1978

What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!

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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.

Movie ID9951
GenreAction, Drama, Thriller
DirectorRoger Donaldson
Main castSam Neill, Ian Mune, Warren Oates, Nevan Rowe, Donna Akersten, Ian Watkin, William Johnson, Melissa Donaldson
Release date13 July 1978
Release year1978
LanguageEnglish
Duration107 min (1h 47m)
Rating5.8 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseNew Zealand Film Commission

Director: Roger Donaldson
Writers: Ian Mune, Arthur Baysting

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

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