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Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs

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

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ActionThrillerDrama

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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.

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Budget

$308205

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

107 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

06 October 1977

Country

New Zealand

Cast

Sam Neill

Sam Neill

Smith

Warren Oates

Warren Oates

Col. Willoughby

Ian Mune

Ian Mune

Bullen

Ian Watkin

Ian Watkin

Dudley

William Johnson

William Johnson

Cousins

Davina Whitehouse

Davina Whitehouse

Elsie

Nevan Rowe

Nevan Rowe

Gloria

Clyde Scott

Clyde Scott

Jesperson

Donna Akersten

Donna Akersten

Mary

Don Selwyn

Don Selwyn

Taupiri

Melissa Donaldson

Melissa Donaldson

Melissa

Dougal Stevenson

Dougal Stevenson

News Reader

Bernard Kearns

Bernard Kearns

Prime Minister

Raf Irving

Raf Irving

Reporter

Tommy Tinirau

Tommy Tinirau

Old Maori Man

Bill Juliff

Bill Juliff

Burton

Laurie Dee

Laurie Dee

Special Sergeant

Roger Oakley

Roger Oakley

Assassin Leader

Dorothy McKegg

Dorothy McKegg

Glorias Mother

Cass Donaldson

Cass Donaldson

Cass

Tony Groser

Tony Groser

Gloria's Father

Bernard Moody

Bernard Moody

Man at Wharf

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